C
We crossed the wild Pecos
FC
We forded the Nueces
C
We swum the Guadalupe
G
And we followed the Brazos
C
Red River runs rusty
FC
The Wichita clear
C
And down by the Brazos
GC
I courted my dear
[Chorus]
CF
Li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
Many are the rivers
GC
That water the land
[Verse 2]
C
Now the fair Angelina
FC
Runs glossy and gliding
C
The crooked Colorado
G
Runs weaving and winding
C
The slow San Antonio
FC
Courses the plains
C
But never will I walk
GC
By the Brazos again
[Chorus]
CF
Li, li, le, le, le
GC
Row the boat on
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Row the boat on
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Row the boat on
CF
My Brazos River sweetheart
GC
Has left me and gone
[Verse 3]
C
She kissed me and she hugged me
FC
And she called me her dandy
C
The Trinity's muddy
G
And the Brazos quicksandy
C
She kissed me and she hugged me
FC
And she called me her own
C
But down by the Brazos
GC
She left me alone
[Chorus]
CF
Li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
The Trinity's muddy
GC
And the Brazos quicksand
[Verse 4]
C
Well the girls of Little River
FC
They're plump and they're pretty
C
The Sabine and the Sulphur
G
Have beauties a plenty
C
The banks of the Neches
FC
There's girls by the score
CF
But I'll never walk
GC
By the Brazos no more
[Chorus]
CF
Li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
CF
Li, li, li, le, le, le
GC
Lend me your hand
F
The Trinity's muddy
GC
And the Brazos quicksand