Friday, February 05, 2010

GUESS WHERE I WAS TODAY?

In the southern part of Texas
In the town of San Antone
There's a fortress all in ruins that the weeds have overgrown
You may look in vain for crosses and you'll never see a-one
But sometimes between the setting and the rising of the sun
You can hear a ghostly bugle
As the men go marching by
You can hear them as they answer
To that roll call in the sky.

Colonel Travis, Davy Crockett, and a hundred eighty more
Captain Dickinson, Jim Bowie
Present and accounted for.

Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis
"Get some volunteers and go
Fortify the Alamo."
Well the men came from Texas
And from old Tennessee
And they joined up with Travis
Just to fight for the right to be free.

Indian scouts with squirrel guns
Men with muzzle-loaders
Stood together, heel and toe
To defend the Alamo.

"You may ne'er see your loved ones,"
Travis told them that day
"Those who want to can leave now
Those who fight to the death let 'em stay."

In the sand he drew a line
With his army sabre
Out of a hundred eighty five
Not a soldier crossed the line
With his banners a-dancin'
In the dawn's golden light
Santa Anna came prancing
On a horse that was black as the night.

Sent an officer to tell
Travis to surrender
Travis answered with a shell
And a rousing rebel yell
Santa Anna turned scarlet
"Play deguello!" he roared
"I will show them no quarter
Every one will be put to the sword!"

One hundred and eighty five
Holding back five thousand
Five days, six days, eight days, ten
Travis held and held again
Then he sent for replacements
For his wounded and lame
But the troops that were coming
Never came, never came, never came...

Twice he charged and blew recall
On the fatal third time
Santa Anna breached the wall
And he killed 'em, one and all
Now the bugles are silent
And there's rust on each sword
And the small band of soldiers...

Lie asleep in the arms of the Lord...



In the southern part of Texas
Near the town of San Antone
Like a statue on his pinto rides a cowboy all alone
And he sees the cattle grazing where a century before
Santa Anna's guns were blazing and the cannons used to roar
And his eyes turn sorta misty
And his heart begins to glow
And he takes his hat off slowly...

To the men of Alamo.

To the thirteen days of glory
At the siege of Alamo...

These are the lyrics from the Marty Robbins song from back in the day.  We went to downtown San Antonio today and I have lots of pictures.  However, the wireless signal is too weak to load them......guess who is not happy with that situation?!  Tomorrow I have to do some laundry and the signal is better down at the laundry room so hopefully I can post the pictures. 

And just so you know, I won't be complaining about the weather!  Today was a beautiful sunny day.  Ernie and I went jacketless and the sun was plenty warm.  I might add that it's the first nice day in about 2 weeks, but I said I wouldn't complain about the weather so I won't.  Just saying that it didn't rain!

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Oh I love my Marty Robbins!!! He can sure tell a story that will stir your heart and wet your eyes. Sounds as if you are having a much better time inland than you did on the sea side! Glad you had some beautiful weather to enjoy. It is going to get worse here starting Sunday and all next week appears to be grey, cold and wet off and on. Good grief!

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I'm glad to hear that you are in San Antonio now. Weather should be nicer with less wind for sure and fewer mosquitoes! There's so much to do in the Texas Hill Country!

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