| Share page | Visit Us On FB |
|
|
||
|
TEN THOUSAND TEXAS RANGERS 145 |
||
|
|
||
|
On, ever onward, towards Fort Craig he sped the whole night through;
Though handicapped by a double load, he outstripped the red-skins too.
Never will I forget that ride, en how at first daybreak
We galloped out of the chaparral en entered the old fort gate.
TEN THOUSAND TEXAS RANGERS
By Alice Corbin
Written in March, 1917, at the time when Germany proposed to Mexico that they retake the "lost provinces " 0} Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Ten thousand Texas Rangers are laughin' fit to
kill At the joke of the German Kaiser, an' his fierce,
imperious will — For he sez, sez he, to the Mexican boob, hidin'
behind his beard, " Old Uncle Sam is an easy mark, or so I've always
heerd —
" Go up and take his cattle, and take a state or
two, — Texas, New Mexico, Arizone — don't stop before
you're through; For we shall make war together, and together make
peace," he said, Now ain't it a joke — so easy-like — as easy as
makin' bread I |
||
|
|
||