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Thread #50119   Message #1852231
Posted By: GUEST,Scotus (minus cookie)
06-Oct-06 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: ADD/Origins: the Texas Ranger / Texas Rangers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Texas Rangers (from Ian & Sylvia)
I believe that Jean Ritchie taught 'The Texas Rangers' to a Scottish traditional singer (Jane Turrif?) in the 1950s and she, thinking the Indians were in India, assumed the Rangers were a British outfit and added an extra verse admonishing them to beware of tigers!

Jack