MY GAL ON THE RIO GRANDE

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Song Title
MY GAL ON THE RIO GRANDE
Writers
Mccurdy
Publisher
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
1990's, Cowboys, Dog, Girl, Little, Love, Moon, Protective, Ride, River, Roam, Settling Down, Work
Lyrics
There’s a little gal a-livin’ in a shanty on a claim;
She’s holdin’ down a homestead all alone.
I’m goin’ up to see her when the work’s all done this fall;
I’m a-gonna take her on my gentle roam.

Chorus:
So hump along you dogies, I ain’t got long to wait;
I’m driftin’ for the sand dunes pretty soon.
I’ll draw my pay tomorrow when the old man comes along;
I’ll be ridin’ for the river by the moon.

I’m gonna take her ridin’ along the sunset trail;
I’m gonna sing to her a little song.
I’ll tell her that I love her if she’ll hold her horse a spell,
I wanna see that nothing does her wrong. (Chorus)

Where the Rio Grande is spreadin’ tween the willows growin’ green,
I sure would love to have a happy home.
No more driftin’ cowboy, I’d quit the long, long trail;
I’d promise her I never more would roam. (Chorus)

I’d take her little hand and drift down the trail of light;
There’s nothing that could please this cowboy more.
So I’m headin’ for the river as soon as I get paid,
And I hope that gal’s a-waitin’ by the shore. (Chorus)

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