[00:00.000] 作词 : Traditional
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Traditional
[00:07.506]Come all you Texas Rangers, wherever you may be,
[00:14.192]I'll tell you of some troubles that happened onto me.
[00:20.906]My name is nothing extra, so that I will not tell,
[00:27.614]But here's to all you rangers, I'm sure I wish you well.
[00:35.947]Twas at the age of twenty I joined the ranger band,
[00:42.764]We marched from San Antonio down to the Rio Grande.
[00:49.475]Our captain he informed us, perhaps he thought it right,
[00:56.146]"Before you reach the station, boys, I'm surely you'll have to fight!"
[01:04.461]And when the bugle sounded, our captain gave command,
[01:11.032]"To arms, to arms," he shouted, "and by your horses stand."
[01:17.445]I saw the smoke ascending, and it seemed to reach the sky.
[01:24.913]The first thought then, it struck me, "My time has come to die!"
[01:37.745]I saw the Indians coming; I heard them give their yell.
[01:44.328]My feelings at that moment, no tongue can ever tell.
[01:50.795]I saw their glittering lances, their arrows around me flew,
[01:57.412]And all my strength had left me, and all my courage too.
[02:05.391]We fought them for nine hours before the strike was o'er.
[02:12.067]The likes of dead and wounded, I've never saw before.
[02:18.459]And as the sun was rising, the Indians they had fled.
[02:24.816]We loaded up our rifles and counted up our dead.
[02:33.145]And all of us were wounded, our noble captain slain.
[02:39.669]The sun was shining sadly along that flooded plain,
[02:46.075]Sixteen as brave a Rangers as ever roamed the West,
[02:52.471]Were buried by their comrades with arrows in their breasts.
[03:05.418]I've seen the fruits of rambling, I know its hardships well,
[03:11.779]I've been in the Rocky Mountains, rode down the streets of hell,
[03:18.238]I've been in the great Southwest, boys, where wild Apache roam,
[03:24.669]And I can tell you from experience, you'd better off at home.
[03:33.022]And now my song is ended, I'm sure I've sung enough,
[03:39.513]The life of a Texas Ranger, boys, you see is very tough,
[03:46.119]And here is to all you ladies, I'm sure I wish you well,
[03:52.458]I'm bound to go a-ranging, so ladies fare you well.