[Verse 1]
Come all ye, Texas Rangers, wherever you may be
I'll tell you of some troubles that happened unto me
My name is nothin' extra, so that I will not tell
And here's to all you Rangers, I'm sure I wish you well

[Verse 2]
Was at the age of seventeen I joined the jolly band
We marched from San Antonio down to the Rio Grande
Our captain, he informed us, perhaps he thought it right
"Before we reach the station, boys, you'll surely have to fight"

[Verse 3]
And when the bugle sounded our captain gave command
"To arms, to arms" he shouted, "and by your horses stand"
I saw the smoke ascendin'; it seemed to reach the sky
And then the thought it struck me, my time had come to die

[Verse 4]
I saw the Indians comin'; I heard them give a yell
My feelings at that moment no human tongue can tell
I saw their glittering lances, their arrows 'round me flew
And all my strength had left me and all my courage, too

[Verse 5]
We fought for nine hours fully before the strife was o’er
The likes of dead and wounded I never saw before
And when the sun had risen, and the Indians they had fled
We loaded up our rifles and counted up our dead
[Verse 6]
And all of us were wounded; our noble captain slain
The sun was shinin' sadly across that bloody plain
Sixteen brave Rangers that ever rode the west
Were buried by their comrades with arrows in their breast

[Verse 7]
And now my song is ended; I guess I've sung enough
The life of any Ranger you see is very tough
And if you have a mother that don't want you to roam
I advise you by experience you'd better stay at home