Texas Dan - 1934 - Carson J. Robison

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 24 Oct 2001

My name is Texas Dan
from down on the Rio Grande,
I ride the range and fan the breeze
with a calico horse between my knees
and right or wrong I do as I please
my name is Texas Dan.
There's been a many a man
that started to call my land
and you can tell if I lost or won
by countin' the notches on my gun
and I didn't put 'em there just for fun
my name is Texas Dan.

They say I'm a holdup man
well I'll tell yuh the kind I am
I rob the rich to feed the poor
and when I knock at a rich man's door
and he looks down the bar'l of my forty four
well, he knows it's Texas Dan.
I've given a helping hand
to many a hungry man
for them that's poor has got to live
and them that's rich has got to give
and if they don't
I'll make 'em look like a sieve
my name is Texas Dan.

I once was an honest man
way down on the Rio Grande
I had a home to call my own
and I had a heart
but it turned to stone
and now I'm a maverick and ride alone
my name is Texas Dan.
I loved a girl called Ann
and I loved as a good man can
and I believed ev'ry word she said
till I found she lied,
then I shot her dead
and now there's a price upon my head
my name is Texas Dan.

That price on Texas Dan
is open to any man
but I'm warnin' yuh all before you try
it's a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
cause I don't care if I live or die
my name is Texas Dan.
I come from a fightin' clan
and I want yuh to understand
that I fear no man that I ever saw
for a forty four is my only law
and I'll live just as long
as I'm quick on the draw
my name is Texas Dan.

Soft karaoke
Words
jazz guitar
nylon guitar
bass
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Texas Dan 1934 Carson J. Robison

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Texas Dan 1934 Carson J. Robison
© 1934 Carson J. Robison, New York
sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 24 Oct 2001 at 14.23
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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