We crossed the wild pecos   We forded the nueces   We swum the guadalupe   And we followed the brazos   Red river runs rusty   The wichita clear   But down by the brazos   I courted my dear      Singing li, li, li, le, le, le   Lend me your hand   Li, li, li, le, le, le   Lend me your hand   Li, li, li, le, le, le   Lend me your hand   There's many a river   That waters the land      Now the fair angelina   Runs glossy and gliding   The crooked colorado   Runs weaving and winding   The slow san antonio   Courses and plains   But I never will walk   By the brazos again      She kissed me and she hugged me   And she called me her dandy   The trinity's muddy   But the brazos quick sandy   She kissed me and she hugged me   And she called me her own   But down by the brazos   She left me alone      Now the girls of little river   They're plump and they're pretty   The sabine and the sulphur   Hold beauties a'many   The banks of the neches   There are girls by the score   But down by the brazos   I'll wander no more