Hadn't thought of "I'm Goin' to Leave Ol' Texas Now" in way too many years. I learned "my" version at a girls camp in 1949. It was done as an "echo" song, I'm goin' to leave (I'm goin' to leave), etc.

The verses we sang came directly from a songbook, which I still have, and they follow:
I'm Goin' To Leave Ol' Texas Now

I'm goin' to leave ol' Texas now,
They have no use for the long-horned cow.

They've plowed and fenced my cattle range,
And the people there are all so strange.

I'll bid adios to the Alamo,
And set my face toward Mexico.

I'll spend my days on the wide, wide range
For there are not so strange.

The hard, hard ground will be my bed,
And the saddle seat will hold my head.

And when I waken from my dreams,
I'll eat my bread and my sardines.


The book, Fun and Folk Songs, was published in 1941 by The Westminster Press. Notes for this song say it was an "Old Cowboy Song."