(Trad.)

We cross 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.

Chorus: 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 the plains,

But I never will walk

by the Brazos again.

Chorus:

She kissed me and she hugged me,

And she called me her dandy,

The Trinity's muddy

But the Brazos quicksandy,

She kissed me and she hugged me,

And she called me her own,

But down by the Brazos,

She left me alone.

Chorus:

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.