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Thread #54776   Message #849190
Posted By: Joe Offer
17-Dec-02 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: Origin: The Eyes of Texas (Are upon You)
Subject: ADD: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You
I came across the above request, which had been hidden in another thread. "The Eyes of Texas" is one of those songs, where everybody knows the first line and nothing else. I added a lyrics link to the request, and here are the lyrics from that site (click). It's more-or-less the same thing over and over again, to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad." If that's all there is to it, no wonder nobody knows the rest of the song. Anybody know songwriter information and the exact lyrics?
-Joe Offer-

THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU

The eyes of Texas are upon you all the live long day
The eyes of Texas are upon you, you cannot get away
Do not think you can escape them at night or early in the morn
The eyes of Texas are upon you 'till Gabriel blows his horn

[according to the link, you're supposed to sing this very same verse eleventeen times]