From the recording Forever Saskatoon
Have you ever wondered about stuff like "Who made the first marshmallow and why did they set it on fire" or "Who decided to dig a snail out of its shell, chop it up, mix with garlic, cram it back into the shell, cook and taste it"? Well, not me! Instead, I wondered who danced the first Texas two-step and how it went down.
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The First Two-Step in Texas
© Felicito Guerrero 1995
The James Gang had organized an outlaw's rendevous.
Billy the Kid brought Belle Starr and the Daltons showed up too.
There was gold moving down from Denver, they had plans to blast the train.
The whiskey flowed and the talk got bold when they'd liquored up their brains
Then a bullet grazed Johnny Ringo and whipped the dust off his pants.
As he limped away Annie Oakley said "Look at Ringo dance".
When they scooted off together I knew I was a witness
To a sacred point in history, the first two-step in Texas!
Dance, Ringo, dance. You're making history
Dance, cowboy, dance. You're ev'ry cowgirl's dream.
A cowboy better step in time when he cares who he impresses.
It's been that way ever since the day of the first two-step in Texas
While a renegade strummed a banjo and played the Devil's Dream
Those drunken desperados had the biggest party I'd ever seen.
If you're wondrin' how this story came to me, I might as well confess it
Tequila and meditative questioning showed me the first two-step in Texas
Dance, cowboy, dance. You're making history
Dance, cowboy, dance. You're ev'ry cowgirl's dream.
A cowboy better step in time when he cares who he impresses.
It's been that way ever since the day of the first two-step in Texas
A cowboy better step in time when he cares who he impresses.
It's been that way ever since the day of the first two-step in Texas.