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Twas the night before Christmas in Texas, you bet,\nBut no one’d seen Santa; he hadn’t come yet.
\nThe chaps were all hung up, the boots neatly shined,
\nWhile out on the plains a right tough windstorm whined.<\/p>\n
Twas the night before Christmas in Texas, you bet,
\nBut no one’d seen Santa; he hadn’t come yet.
\nThe chaps were all hung up, the boots neatly shined,
\nWhile out on the plains a right tough windstorm whined.<\/p>\n
And Santa was in it, with reindeer and sleigh.
\nHe’d blown in from Brownsville, down Mexico way.
\nHe was squinting from dust and his beard had turned brown.
\nThe reindeer were squealing; the sleigh sinking down,<\/p>\n
Till it lurched to a stop near the hills of Big Bend.
\nSanta said, “Here we’ll wait for this dust storm to end.
\nThe sleigh’s overloaded with great Texas toys.
\nIt’s too hard to steer in the dust and the noise!”<\/p>\n
Now the problem was time; he had Texas to cross
\nand the night passing fast. Should he get a hoss?
\nBut no horse was nearby; only longhorns around.
\n“I don’t trust ’em,” says Rudolph, a pawin’ the ground.<\/p>\n
So they huddled to ponder just what could be done
\nTo deliver those toys for the kids’ Christmas fun.
\nThings were downright disgusting, when suddenly came
\nA small Texas voice calling Santa by name…<\/p>\n
“Howdy Santa! Ah’ll help! Ah know just where tuh go,
\nThe way tuh the great Texas Rangers ah’ll show.
\nThey kin do it, ah know,” chirped the odd little fellow.
\n“Well, by jiminey,” says Rudolph, “it’s a real armadillo.”<\/p>\n
With a leader, the team quickly moved north by east,
\nLeft the dust storm in Abilene – what a relief!
\nAll the Rangers were called and they split up that load,
\nAnd giving a whoop, all directions they rode!<\/p>\n
San Antonio children all sleeping just so
\nHeard, “Y’all have a good one! ‘Member the Alamo!”
\nNow Santa could fly; there was no time to waste.
\nOn toward Dallas and Houston the sleigh sped with haste.<\/p>\n
Heard the band still performing at Billy Bob’s bar,
\nAnd dropped 10-gallon hats and new boots at the door.
\nHe swept into Dallas, now feeling quite jolly,
\nOn Pegasus’ neck placed a small wreath of holly.<\/p>\n
He rounded Reunion Tower heading toward Irving,
\nTo visit the Cowboys – there’s none more deserving!
\nDropped a big load of footballs, bid the skyline goodbye,
\n“Seasons Greetings,” he called, and turned south on the fly.<\/p>\n
All the oil towers were lighted; the air seemed alive
\nAs he headed toward Houston on I-45.
\nAt the Astrodome, someone had left him a treat –
\nFresh barbecue, chili, and nachos to eat!<\/p>\n
“Oh, how I love Texas!” Santa sang with high cheer,
\nAs he passed Neiman Marcus drinking Lone Star “root” beer.
\nHis huge load of toys got dropped off, one by one.
\nTo each sleeping child and his dad and his mum.<\/p>\n
Then heading toward Beaumont, the whole team took flight
\n“Merry Christmas to Texas! and to all a Goodnight!”<\/p>\n
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