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Marty Robbins' "Ballad of the Alamo"

Post by Malaria_Kidd II » 07-13-2020 09:41 PM



I memorized Marty's ballad at age 16. :mrgreen:

Sing along..........

I say all the freedom loving members of The Alamo are present and accounted for in spirit every day and night in San Antonio.

Here's a suggestion of that ghostly fact in the first part of Marty Robbin's song from John Wayne's 1960 movie The Alamo. These lyrics below are from the film's sound track on the 33 1/3 rpm LP record still I own from 1960, "Johnny Horton Makes History".

Follow along as Marty sings of every Texan's freedom during 13 days in March of 1836.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL62m5um ... re=related.//

Marty Robbins - Ballad Of The Alamo

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............ :cry:


In September of 2009 while running the Interstate North through San Antonio, Texas with auto parts in the tractor trailer rig. The CB chatter was loud and plentiful. :idea: So I put in my CD with Marty's tribute song to the defenders of the Alamo. I keyed the mic up and played the fast paced ballad. When I turned loose the mic key you could have heard a pin drop! :o

No one said a word in the negative. :wink:


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