Texas Tea Song Lyrics and Chords by Leroy Van Dyke
Texas Tea
Recorded by Leroy Van Dyke
Written by Sacha Distel and Jack Reardon
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I was just a poor boy who lived on forty acres of bad
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remember how she laughed the
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day I asked Joanna for her
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hand
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She
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called me a ploughboy and said she couldn't love the likes of
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then we didn't know that I
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would soon discover Texas
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told her I loved her and I would work my fingers to the
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bone
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Joanna wanted wealth and
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servants and a mansion for a
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home
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And
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I was heartbroken Joanna didn't want me comin'
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round
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then we didn't know about the
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Texas Tea that bubbled neath my
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ground
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Where
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once stood a cabin I live in a southern mansion
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now
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And I
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gaze at the oil wells that
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stand on the ground I used to
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plow
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Now
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there's someone comin' I think it's Joanna that I
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see
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I haven't seen her since
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back before I found my Texas
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You're
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welcome Joanna it's always good to see an old old
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friend
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Yes
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I still remember I
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loved you and I begged you for your
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hand
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I'm just a ploughboy and you couldn't love the likes of
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goodbye Joanna I've
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got to see about my Texas
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Goodbye Joanna I've
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got to see about my Texas
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Texas Tea?
- The song Texas Tea was sang by Leroy Van Dyke.
Who is Leroy Van Dyke?
- Leroy Frank Van Dyke (born October 4, 1929) is an American country music singer and guitarist, best known for his hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk on By" (1961).
