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Down Texas Way

Fred Godfrey

“Down Texas Way” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Fred Godfrey: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Down Texas way, there's a little cabin Texas way,

Where they'll be so glad, yes, so glad to see me,

Night and day I can see their happy faces, gay—

And hear a sweet voice say 'come, wander

To a beauty—little cutey little place out yonder.

Let me play 'mong the clover and the new-mown hay

And once again round dear old mammy's knee I'd love to kneel and pray—

God bless Mother, God bless Dad,

Make them happy—make them glad,

I'm in heaven down old Texas way.

Credits

Written by Fred Godfrey

Words by Fred Godfrey. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “Down Texas Way”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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