Mr. Scanner would be glad to oblige.
-Joe Offer-

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The Ides of Texas
(words & music by Fred Ebb & Norman Martin)

1. You've heard how us folks down in Texas
Boast of our home in the West.
You've heard us a-sayin' in Texas
That things are the biggest and best.
Well, a few months ago in the papers
A fabulous story came out.
Which proves that us folks down in Texas
Know what we're talkin' about.

Here's to a guy with a big Texas smile
Who knows what it means to have real Texas style.
Here's to a feller who couldn't think small.
Here's to the biggest embezzler of all.

CHORUS:
Billy Sol Estes, we're proud o' ya son,
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy, Billy
You had to be Texan to do what ya done
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy Sol

2. While other kids saved up their nickels and dimes
For jelly beans, lic'rice and fudge
Well Billy saved too and when he had enough
He bought him a federal judge.
While still in his teens he was very perplexed
As to what field his fortune was hid.
His uncle suggested he go into steel,
And that's just what Billy boy did.

Chorus:
Billy Sol Estes, that boy really cooks
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy, Billy
He had one shining purpose and two sets of books
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy Sol

3. There once was a Senator Bill tried to bribe
So Bill had a wonderful notion
He sent him a yacht, but that wasn't enough
So Billy boy threw in an ocean

Chorus:
Billy Sol Estes, we're proud o' ya, mate
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy, Billy
It's hombres like you that make Texas so great
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy Sol

Chorus:
Billy Sol Estes, we're proud o' ya, boy
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy, Billy
Next to you Jimmy Hoffa is Lord Fauntleroy
Hey Billy, Billy, hey Billy, Billy Sol

4. Now they're gonna take Billy away to the clink
And the way things look now it appears
For all of the wheelin' and dealin' he's done
He'll get three thousand four hundred years

And the day they are leadin' old Billy away
Why each Texan will take off his hat
For who but a Texan in all this wide world
Could pull down a sentence like that

Repeat first chorus