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"Texas Women" is a song written and recorded by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released in February 1981 as the first single from the album Rowdy. The song was Williams Jr.'s third number one on the country chart, the first since "Eleven Roses" in 1972. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the ...
Older songs, such as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Dixie", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. [5] [6] [7] Although the song has been sung since the 41st legislature in 1929, [8] [9] it was officially adopted by the 73rd legislature as the state song in 1993. [10]
This is the fourth and final list of songs about Texas with reader comments to guide us through.
"The Eyes of Texas" is the school spirit song of the University of Texas at Austin. It is set to the tune of " I've Been Working on the Railroad ". Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the university sing the song at Texas Longhorns sports games, before the fireworks and other events.
Our panel of four picks some of the best songs about Texas. You pick your Lone Star State favorites.
Song If You're Ever Down In Texas, Look Me Up is an American folk song written by Terry Shand and "By" Dunham , and first released in the 1940s. The lyrics of the song tell of a traveler from Texas singing about the vast wealth and natural beauty of his home, inviting the audience to "look me up" during their next visit to Texas.
Take Me to Texas; Texarkana (song) Texas (BigXthaPlug song) Texas (When I Die) Texas Fight; Texas Flood (song) Texas in 1880; Texas Me and You; A Texas State of Mind; Texas Tattoo; Texas Tornado (song) Texas Women; Texas, Our Texas; That's Right (You're Not from Texas) There's a Girl in Texas; Tush (ZZ Top song)
The song became a popular song particularly associated with Texas, and its popularity continued into the 20th century. In 1933, Gene Autry and Jimmie Long made it into a cowboy song with some revisions of the lyrics, for example, replacing "no other darkey knows her, no darkey only me" with "no other fellow knows her, nobody else but me."