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Ballad Of The Alamo
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Marty Robbins
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In the southern part of Texas in the town of San Antoine
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There's a fortress all in ruins that the weeds have overgrown
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You may look in vain for crosses and you'll never see a one
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But sometimes between the setting and the rising of the sun
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You can hear a ghostly bugle as the men go marchin' by
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You can hear them as they answer to that roll call in the sky
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Colonel Travis, Davy Crockett and the hundred-eighty more
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Captain Dickinson, Jim Bowie present and accounted for
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Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis
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Get some volunteers
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And go, fortify the Alamo
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Well the men came from Texas, and from old Tennessee
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And they joined up with Travis just to fight for the right to be free
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Indian scouts with squirrel guns men with muzzle loaders
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Stood together heel and toe to defend the Alamo
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You may na'er see your loved ones
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Travis told them that day
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Those who want to can leave now
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Those who fight to the death let 'em stay
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In the sand he drew a line with his army sabre
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Out of a hundred and eighty-five, not a soldier crossed the line
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With his banners a dancin', in the dawn's golden light
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Santa Ana came prancin' on a horse that was black as the night
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Sent an officer to tell, Travis to surrender
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Travis answered with a shell and a rousin' rebel yell
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Santa Ana turned scarlet
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Play Deguello he roared!
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I will show them no quarter; everyone will be put to the sword
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One hundred and eight-five, holdin' back five thousand
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Five day, six days, eight days, ten, Travis held, and held again
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Then he'd send for replacements for his wounded and lame
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But the troops that were comin', never came, never came, never came
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Twice he charged then blew recall, on the fatal third time
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Santa Ana breached the wall and he killed them one and all
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Now the bugles are silent and there's rust on each sword
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And the small band of soldiers, lie asleep in the arms of the Lord
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In the southern part of Texas near the town of San Antoine
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Like a statue on his pinto rides a cowboy all alone
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And he sees the cattle grazin' where a century before
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Santa Ana's guns were blazin' and the cannons used to roar
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And his eyes turned sort of misty and his heart begins to glow
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And he takes his hat off slowly... To the men of Alamo
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To the thirteen days of glory... At the siege of Alamo
Marty Robbins - Ballad Of The Alamo
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