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Thread #34450   Message #3042958
Posted By: 12-stringer
29-Nov-10 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Aha San Antone (from 'Rio Grande')
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: AHA SAN ANTONE (Dale Evans)
From a Bob Nolan site, the lyrics as sung in "Rio Bravo" and with guitar chords in G as played by the 12-stringer:


[G] I want some black-eyed peas
I want some mustard greens
I want some cornpone on the [D7] side.
I want my chicken fried with a [E7] golden hide.
[A7] Aha, [D7] San Antone!

[C] When I was a kid I had a [G] locket
And [A7]inside was a picture o' Davy [D7] Crockett

[G] I know a gal named Ann that lives in TexArkan
Who loves a boy in [D7} Arkansas
But when they take a ride it's on the Texas [E7] side
[A7]Aha, [D7] San Antone!

There's more than this. I haven't sung it in a good while, but the structure is AABA, so you need another verse after the "blackeyed peas" and before the chorus. Two more verses I can remember, from the late 1940s 78rpm by Rosalie Allen:

To me this place is strange
Oh take me to the range
Where the blue, blue bonnets grow
Let me put my boots on
And my cowboy suits on [sic]
Aha, San Antone!

Don't you say I'm silly
Cause I like my chile
All over my scrambled eggs
Give me some enchiladas
And a big quesada (?)
Aha, San Antone!

There's also another variant of the chorus -- maybe 6 verses and 2 choruses, in all. I have a Real Audio of this, from the long-gone "Record Lady" juke box site, but it's on the hard drive of a dead computer and I can't see well enough to transfer it into a live one. (That "can't see well enough" is why the dead computer is dead, BTW.)