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The Texas Indian

from Crazy Horse Never Died by Roxy Gordon

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lyrics

Come all you, Texians,
Whoever you may be.
I’ll tell to you some troubles
that happened to me.
I’ve been dead a long time
so my name I will not tell.
But I was a Texas Indian--
so I do not wish you well.

At the age of 17
I joined a Comanche band.
We rode from the Palo Duro
down to the Rio Grande.

Our leader Black Eyes told us,
“When the Rangers come in sight,
see to your medicine;
I’m sure we’ll have a fight.”

I saw the Rangers coming.
I heard them give a shout.
My feelings at that moment
no white man could know about.
I saw the flashes from their guns;
their bullets came quite near.
My heart was high within me;
my war song came out clear.

I thought of my old mother,
with tears to me she’d said,
“You must go and fight the white man;
and make sure that he is dead.”
She said, “You must be brave,
and protect our native land.
Drive these white skin thieves from Texas.
Ride well with Black Eyes’ band.”

I saw the smoke ascending;
It seemed to reach the sky.
I thought at that moment,
my time had come to die.
The Rangers kept on coming;
Black Eyes led us on.
“Remember men,” he shouted,
“We are fighting for our home.”

We fought them full nine hours
before the fight was o’er.
The like of dead and wounded
I’ve never seen before.
Five of Black Eyes band
crossed to the other side.
We had six more that were wounded
and barely could they ride.

Perhaps you have a mother,
likewise a sister, too--
and maybe a woman to
weep and mourn for you.
If that be your situation,
and although you’d like to roam,
remember with your coming,
you are stealing our home.

And we’ll protect it well,
our families and our land,
so your hair might well hang
from the lances of our band.
You’d best hitch up your old wagons
and go back to Tennessee.
Or better yet, find a ship,
and head east across the sea.

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from Crazy Horse Never Died, released May 12, 2023

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Roxy Gordon Dallas, Texas

Roxy Gordon (First Coyote Boy, or Tu Gah Juk Juk Ka Na Hok Sheena) (1945–2000) was a Choctaw, Assiniboine, and Texan poet, journalist, artist, activist, and musician.

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