"THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE TEXAS"

NOW POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE AIN'T THE RIVER OF JORDAN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AIN'T THE PROMISE LAND---BUT THERE IS A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS LONE STAR STATE THAT YOU JUST GOTTA UNDERSTAND---WE GROW MESQUITE TREES 100 FT HIGH AND JACKRABBITS BIGGER THAN ANTELOPE---AND COWBOYS STILL LEAD THEIR WIVES AROUND ON THE END OF A RAWHIDE ROPE---WE STILL STACK OUR HAYSTACKS MORE THAN 200 FT HIGH---AND WE RAISE COTTON AND CORN STALKS THAT REACH PLUMB UP TO THE SKY---AND SOMETHING ELSE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE, A WHOLE BUNCH OF 2000 LB HOGS---EAGLES THAT ACTUALLY DELIVER OUR PAYCHECKS AND A WHOLE MESS OF TALKING DOGS---WE GOT COUGARS AND MOUNTAIN LIONS TRAINED TO HERD OUR CATTLE---AND JUST LIKE BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS, WE STILL AIN'T NEVER LOST A BATTLE---AND COWBOYS WHEN THEY GET MARRIED, AT THEIR HOUSE THEY BECOME KING---AND PUT A HORSECOLLAR AROUND HER NECK INSTEAD OF GIVING HER A WEDDING RING---WE STILL TRAVEL BY BUCKBOARD, AND WAGONS, AND ESPECIALLY HORSEBACK---INSTEAD OF BUYING HIGH PRICED GASOLINE, WE CARRY OUR OATS IN A SACK---WE LOAD UP ON SATURDAY. ALL THE KIDS, THE MAWS AND THE PAWS---AND GO GET SUPPLIES FOR A WHOLE DANG MONTH, AND WE STILL GOT HANGING LAWS---SO IF YOU'RE COMING TO TEXAS AND MAYBE TAKE UP HOMESTEAD HERE---MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO BRAND A COW WHILE CHUG-A-LUGGING A LONE STAR BEER---YOU CAN RIDE OUR RANGE AND SING OUR SONGS, WE'LL BE FRIENDS YOU AND ME---BECAUSE OF ALL THE PLACES IN ALL THE WORLD, TEXAS IS THE PLACE TO BE:-----This is TWO TEXAS PAWPAW, signing off.