My Texas Girl Lyrics - Singles - The Original Carter Family

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