TEXAS, BY GOD!
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By: Wayne Brown
We Texans fought for what we have down at the Alamo
We earned our freedom from the folks way down in Mexico
We like our football, we like our women, that is what we said
We like our stuff really big, and pray that it comes in red
Texans are a prideful lot, we’d rather fight than cede
But you if need help by God, we’ll give you what you need
We stand on own two feet, no charity do we ever ask
But cross us once and find out quick who ends up on their ass
We Texans don’t like folks coming in and taking our hard earned stuff
When you steal from us, don’t get caught, the penalty is mighty ruff
Cross the Rio Grande into our land is a success that you can only hope
We’ll be waitin’ for you on this side with a Winchester rifle and a scope
We Texans don’t leave this border work all to the Border Patrol men
We don’t want a bunch of illegal freeloaders on our Lone Star land
So if you’re feelin’ lucky and can’t find a way to scratch that itch
Then come on over, the buzzards will eat you, you illegal sum-bitch
We Texans don't want your government grants, your federal bribery
Just leave us all the hell alone, this state is the land of the free
We got us some oil and we got pride, and we got ourselves some tough
So just don’t back us in a corner for we can get mad-dog rough
We’re long-horn herding, bull-riding, bronco bustin’, dusty cowboys
We mind our own business, you mind yours, we’ll all get our joys
But cross us once and raise our dander , it comes up really quick
Before you know, you’ll be lying with your ass good n’ kicked
We’re the Lone Star State, on that point you can always rely
We’re Texans and we’re Americans too until the day we die
Come and be a part of us, come and join our fray
But when you come, just be damn sure, you do things our way
Texans all, we do or die, for the Lone Star state we love
It is the land made in Heaven sent from somewhere up above
We’ll not share it with illegals, they can stay away from our cultures
Heed us not, cross our border and become a meal for the vultures.
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Don't mess with Texas! Nicely done cheers.
Hey there Duke, almost have you persuaded me to leave hell for Texas. But I like my hollers here too much.
My friend as usual the proud Texan comes out of you and I can't say I blame you, I feel the same way about your beautiful state. If I was an American citizen Texas is the state I'd be. I have 18-wheeled all over your beautiful country and Lone Star Texas has been good to me. A cowboy at heart I'm with you bro and I would fight to defend her borders, watch me now. Winchester aimed and ready. Illegals no way, stay away or it's Alamo war once more. Pardner a great hub and I am with you back to back on this one. Bravo.
@GeeGee77, @ladyjane1, @ralwus, @saddlerider...there is an old Johnny Cash album called gunfighter ballads of the old west. On that album, you'll find a poem that is written in part about areas of Texas, I am not sure if I can remember it all but I will give you what I can:
The devil in hell we're told was chained
A thousand years he there remained
He neither complained nor did he groan
But was determined to build a hell of his own
Where he could torment the souls of men
Without being chained in a prison den
So he asked the Lord if he had on hand
Anything left when made this land
The Lord said yes, I've got plenty on hand
But I left it down by the Rio Grande
So the devil went down to look at the truck
And said that if he took it as a gift he was stuck
But the Lord promised the devil to water the land
So trade was closed and deed was given
And the Lord went back to his home in heaven
Then the devil said I got all that needed
To make a good hell and he succeeded
He started by puttin' the thorns on trees
He poisoned the feet of the centipede
He put an extension to the rabbits ear
And lengthed the horn of the long horn steer
The scropion bites, the crickets they sing,
The mesquito delights you with his buzzing wings.
The red pepper grows on the banks of the brook
The mexican uses it in all that he cooks
Just dine with one of them and your bound to shout
I'm hell on the inside as well as the out.
He did that poem to illustrate what hell was as a set up for the next song, "Mean As Hell" and I'll just do one verse of that here to show you the impact:
Well I kill me a calf and I cut off his head
Cause the boys in the bunkhouse
Were wantin't to be fed
They rise and they shine with that 5:30 bell
And the best one of any of 'em is
Mean as Hell!
Thanks for your great comments! WB
I was going to say,"Yeah, Don't mess with Texas!" but ladyjane already did. So.........Great lines!
Leave to Johnny to write about Hell..he experienced right here on earth and shared it with us all in his songs. He is one of my ICONIC balladeers along with the King. Hey Wayne I've joined the club of hat wearers. Rawlus, 50 Calb and yourself. So to honor the great Johnny Cash I tip my black brim to the man in black.
Well, I'm back, the fog has lifted. I'm back, to read the gifted. This is good ole cowboy poetry. Liked it, Duke. Also, will get to your music stuff as I promised to do. (:v
"We Texans do want your government grants, your federal bribery"
I think you meant to say don't want your government grants,..
@valeriebelew...you must be at the wrong place...no one gifted around here, we get the old fashioned way...we earn it! Glad to hear your going to read those two, I really think you will like them.
@Austinstar...Correcto Mondo...and I fixed it quick. Thank you so much for pointing that out. Sometimes it seems the more we look at things the more our brains want to substitute the words that are not there! Correct me anytime, Star, I appreciate it!
Great poem. I'm not a Texan, but I I have family there. Does that count?
Wayne, we may have beaners jumpin the fence but if the media knew the failures they've had at surviving that flight they'd be following vultures and digging up sand piles to see what's below, We didn't have no Alamo, the wets just handed it over crappin' their Caballero style drawers lettin' in some folks with more ethics for hard work, than America will ever know again, people are raising kids with no brains for what it has took for Texans and us here in the land of Ira Hayes to survive all this shit. People of the country ain't seen nothing yet there's a bad wind blowing and I know of two states they'll have to leave out, as for this one, I'd sooner join the Mexicans than the pukes in the place they call DC, it's gonna be ride when it gets here. A few other states too have been to the mat and they won't fall as easy as others, either, at the Alamo I believe it was Texans and the bunch from the Hills of Tennessee that mustered up in the fight, If they want it again I wish they'd stop lolli gagin and bring it, I ain't gettin no younger and I do love a fight and I'd hate to hear it second hand in the next life! 50
@50Cal.....I knew you'd get a kick out of this one Dusty and I figgers you know where a lot of bones might be! Hang it there and get plumb mad-dog mean! WB
@Bpop...Dang right it counts, Poppy. Being Texan is about being proud and glad to be an American...the old fashion kind that still values freedom and liberty, The Constitution, and The Flag. Texan you are! WB
Wayne,
if things keep going like they are and Texas cecedes, I'm heading down your way!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wayne, you took off the hat! You cain't fight without that! I dint really think you were bald and cone-headed old son. Go git 'em Dusty!
@Tom Whitworth...Come on down Tom, we got plenty of places to hide! WB
@ralwus...CC, it's just a temporary thing. I sent the hat out to be cleaned! It'll be back as soon as I figure out why my "Hub Karma" points are dropping. Could I have made the ladies mad? LOL WB
Geez and here I was thinking it was because I put my ugly mug under my black hat that you decided to take yours off. By the way old Kirk Douglas would be proud of you old son to quote CC. with that dimpled chin. I just watched a rerun of Kirk in Spartacus last night, along with Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis and a few other big stars of that day. Old Kirk did a fine job with his chin:-)) Just kidding aside my friend you look groovy with those shades. Peace
@SR1....That's a mighty fine looking hat Ken and it really matches up well with that moustache. I'll get mine back on afore long. I'm just to find ways to save my HubKarma Points, whatever the hell they are! Yes, old Kirk Douglas rode to popularity on my back LOL! Speaking of Spartacus, if you can catch the "Showtime Original" version of that in mini-series, wow! It's bloody but very, very good. Hang on to that hat Cowboy! WB
Good cowboy poetry Wayne. Yes indeed, Texas is a special, special place. Wish I were back there!
@CornerStone51...Thank you, Gayle. After writing "Borderline Scam", I started feeling patriotic about Texas and this came out of it. This debate over what an "illegal" is will probably go down in history second only to the discussion that came out of Bill Clinton saying, "it depends on what the definition of 'is' is." I really would not mind seeing signs go up facing south that warned: "We Shoot To Kill"...sometimes understanding is the best deterence. Thanks, Gayle! WB
*sniff* That was beautiful! God Blessed Texas...and that's no lie.
Don't worry 'bout those score, that's greenhorn stuff old son. Don't mean chit! SR is right about Douglas. hey, come join us on facebook, Dusty, Ken and me. Look us up.
Interesting! Too bad your college football teams aren't good enough to beat the SEC! LOL! (joking of course) Keep trying though!
LOL@ Randy good one!
@MPMan...Kinda brings a tear to ya eye don't it...specially that part about the Winchester with the scope! WB
@ralwus...I'm alreay on there old son and Dusty already came by and hooked up. I will look for you and Ken tonight and send you a request! WB
@Randy Godwin...GDam Rman...I believe that one caught me square in the nuts. But, not to be outdone, I am alumni of a little ol' school down 'nar in Southern Mississippi that they won't let play in the SEC but I remember when we went up to Ole Miss on Homecoming Day and handed Archie and his boys their ass. We gave the NFL Brett Favre and Ray Guy, one of the best kickers that ever lived. That, by itself, ought to be something the SEC would want to associate itself with just for commercial purposes. Now on those comments bout Texas football, I think Darrell Royals is looking for your ass right now! WB
Ya'll better watch it or you'll stir up the redneck me and I be writing nasty poems about the SEC and all kinds of crap. I got a mind that moves faster than Ja-Pan fan in the hands of one them Geisha girls! To quote Barney Fife, "Watch out, Watch out! WB
LOL, Wayne! Glad you received a little advanced culture by attending a school outside Texas! A good shot to the "junior maker" can sometimes do wonders! Enjoyed jousting with you!
Randy
Randy...Same to you my friend...I have utmost respect for the SEC afterall we have protect our southern resources! I also have long time friends who are rabid SEC fan! Come anytime, any friend of Charlie's is a friend of mine! WB
Thanks Wayne! Actually, I wish the Longhorns were in the SEC! They always have a good team because high school football is revered in Texas as it is here in the southeast! Yes, Charlie is a great guy! Later on Wayne!
Randy
am from kenya and i love texas. ave seen tha alamo its a great movie. I desire to have a great fighting spirit like that of a texan.
@masaa...some mighty brave men fought at the Alamo for something they believed was worth fighting for at that time and place. You can have that spirit, it thrives on the desire to be free and the belief that we all deserve an opportunity to exercise our freedom on this earth! Thanks for your visit, masaa...hope to see you again! WB
i love this. i love all that is texas. well put. am from juja kenya and am proud of my home as you are yours and by God am jot down a hub to prove it.
@masaa...thank you so much. I am so glad that you enjoyed this poem. I have another called "Hail Texas" that you also might enjoy. Also, check this hub on my list: "Sonny Wilkes: Bushwhacked!". I have a number of poems here that are written about herding cattle, life on the trail etc. I really hope you do write that poem about Kenya. I think it would be super! I will watch for it! WB
Thanks for the history lesson! Heading to the San Jacinto Monument (and BattleShip Texas) on Monday. Always amazed at the wisdom and unselfishness (if that's a word) of Sam Houston for trading Santa Anna's life/freedom for the freedom of Texas. A man wanting revenge and boasting his power would have killed Santa Anna without a second thought. And then where would Texas be?
@Truckstop Sally...I was feeling like a real Texas patriot when I wrote this one...Thanks, Amy! WB
geegee77 Level 3 Commenter 23 months ago
As a true Texas I really like your hub:)