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Texas, our Texas! All hail the mighty State! Texas, our Texas! So wonderful so great! Boldest and grandest, Withstanding ev'ry test; O Empire wide and glorious, You stand supremely blest. Chorus: đ God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong, That you may grow in power and worth, Thro'out the ages long. đ II Texas, O Texas!
John Sinclair wrote the Texas-specific song lyrics in 1903 to the tune of the original folk song "I've Been Working on the Railroad", which was published nine years earlier in 1894. Sinclair was the editor of the Cactus yearbook, a UT band member, and a member of the Glee Club, and he wrote the lyrics per the request of band member Lewis Johnson.
The song became a popular song particularly associated with Texas, and its popularity continued into the 20th century. In 1933, Gene Autry and Jimmie Long made it into a cowboy song with some revisions of the lyrics, for example, replacing "no other darkey knows her, no darkey only me" with "no other fellow knows her, nobody else but me."
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The song was created as part of a contest sponsored by the school newspaper, then known as The Toreador. R.C. Marshall, the editor of the 1931 La Ventana was chosen as the winner and given a $25 prize. [1] In the next year, Goin' Band Director Harry LeMaire rewrote the music to the song. [2]
This ain’t Texas Ain’t no hold ’em So lay your cards down, down, down, down So park your Lexus, and throw your keys up Stick around, round, round, round, round
Here are some of the ways Krueger snuck lyrics from Lil Jon's hyper-successful song "Get Low" into one of his recent forecasts: You're going to hear me say this 'buot 50-11 times this morning, we ...
The pledge of allegiance to the state flag is as follows: Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. [14] The pledge was instituted by the Texas Legislature in 1933. The pledge originally referred to the "Texas flag of 1836" (which was the Burnet Flag, and not the Lone Star Flag then in use).