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