My Texas Girl

All my life I've wondered if what I done was wrong
 All I ever cared to do was ride my pony on
 I never had no heartache was always happy and gay
 Until I met a Texas girl who stole my heart away
 Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea
 It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity
 But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile
 And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride
 The birds have hushed their singing sadness is over the land
 The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande
 Her lips were like the Russian wine her hair it hung in curls
 Her cheeks were like the dawn of day that breaks upon the world
 She's gone and left me lonely I miss the touch of her hand
 Tonight while I am walking by the sleepy Rio Grande