IRVING BERLIN lyrics - I've Got-A Go Back To Texas

[1st verse:]

Far away out west in Texas

By the Rio Grande

There's a ranch of many acres on the prairie land

And I want you to be knowing

That's exactly where I'm going

In just a day or so

You'll see a satchel in my hand



[Refrain:]

I got-a go back, I got-a go back

I got-a go back to dear old Texas

To the ranch I left behind

And the girl who's on my mind

I couldn't remain, I'm taking a train

The Southern Pacific bound for Texas

I'm simply aching to skeedaddle

Upon a horse without a saddle

And ev'ry letter that I get from Texas

Is covered with a lot of Xes

I got-a go back, I got-a go back

To the girl I left behind



[2nd verse:]

Where the western sun is blazing

By the Rio Grande

I can see the cattle grazing on the prairie land

And it fills me with a yearning

That I ought to be returning

If you were ever there

I'm pretty sure you'd understand