The Alamo    (Listen to sample)

 

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1. A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travers to die,

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    by a line that he drew with his sword as the battle drew nigh.

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    Every man that stepped over the line was for glory,

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    and he that was left better fly,

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    and over the line crossed one hundred and seventy nine.

 

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   Hey, Santa Anna,  they`re killing your soldiers below,

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    So the rest of  Texas will know,     and remember the Alamo.

 

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2. Jim Bowie lay dying,  his blood and his powder were dry,

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    but his knife had been willing to take him a few in reply.

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    Young Davey Crockett lay laughing and dying,

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    the blood and the sweat in his eye,

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    for Texas and freedom a man was more willing to die.     + CHORUS

 

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3. A courier came, to bellow once bloody and loud.

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    And found only skin and bones where he once left a crowd.

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    Fear not, little darling, of dying, if the world is sovereign and free,

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    well, we`ll fight to the last as long as liberty be.

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+ CHORUS +     and remember the Alamo.

 

    (Donovan)