C
We crossed the wild Pecos
   F            C
We forded the Nueces
    C
We swum the Guadalupe
       G
And we followed the Brazos
    C
Red River runs rusty
    F       C
The Wichita clear
    C
And down by the Brazos
  G          C
I courted my dear

[Chorus]
C       C  
Li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C           C
Li, li, li, le, le, le
G            C
Lend me your hand
C          
Li, li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C        C
There's many a river
G           C
That waters the land

[Verse 2]
C
Now the fair Angelina
F            C
Runs glossy and gliding
C
The crooked Colorado
G
Runs weaving and winding
C
The slow San Antonio
F            C
Courses the plains
C
But never will I walk
G             C
By the Brazos again

[Chorus]
C       C  
Li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C           C
Li, li, li, le, le, le
G            C
Lend me your hand
C          
Li, li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C        C
There's many a river
G           C
That waters the land


[Verse 3]
C
She kissed me and she hugged me
F               C
And she called me her dandy
C
The Trinity's muddy
G
But the Brazos quicksandy
C
She kissed me and she hugged me
F              C
And she called me her own
C
But down by the Brazos
G            C
She left me alone

[Chorus]
C       C  
Li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C           C
Li, li, li, le, le, le
G            C
Lend me your hand
C          
Li, li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C        C
But down by the Brazos
G           C
She left me alone


[Verse 4]
C
Well the girls of Little River
F                       C
They're plump and they're pretty
C
The Sabine and the Sulphur
G
Have beauties a many
C
The banks of the Neches
F                    C
There's girls by the score
C
But down by the Brazos
G              C
I'll wander no more

[Chorus]
C       C  
Li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C           C
Li, li, li, le, le, le
G            C
Lend me your hand
C          
Li, li, li, le, le, le
F            C
Lend me your hand
C        C
There's many a river
G           C
That waters the land