《I’d Like to Be in Texas When They Roundup in the Spring》歌词

[00:00:00] I'd Like To Be In Texas When They Roundup In The Spring - Don Edwards

[00:00:09] In the lobby of a big hotel in New York Town one day

[00:00:19] Sat a bunch of fellows telling yarns

[00:00:23] Just to pass the time away

[00:00:27] They told of places where they'd been and different things they'd seen

[00:00:36] Some preferred Chicago Town while others New Orleans

[00:00:45] In a corner in an old armchair sat a man whose hair was gray

[00:00:55] He listened to them eagerly to what they had to say

[00:01:04] They asked him where he'd like to be his clear old voice did ring

[00:01:13] I'd like to be in Texas for the round up in the spring

[00:01:25] I can see the cattle grazing o'er the hills at early morn

[00:01:33] I can see the campfires smoking at the breaking of the dawn

[00:01:44] I can hear the bronco's neighing I can hear the cowboy sing

[00:01:53] I'd like to be in Texas for the round up in the spring

[00:02:04] They sat and listened carefully to each word he had to say

[00:02:12] They knew the old man sitting there had been a top hand in his day

[00:02:21] They asked him for a story of his life out on the plains

[00:02:30] Slowly he removed his hat then quietly began