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HELL
IN TEXAS
The Devil in Hell, we're told, was
chained,
And a thousand years he there
remained.
He neither complained nor did he
Hence the trade was closed and
the deed was given
And the Lord went back to His
home in Heaven.
The Devil said to himself. "I have
all that is needed
To make a good hell," and hence
he succeeded.
He began to put thorns all over the trees
And mixed up the sand with millions
of fleas.
He scattered tarantulas along the roads;
Put thorns on cactus and horns on toads.
He lengthened the horns of the Texas
groan,
But determined to start a hell of
his own.
Where he could torment the souls of
men.
Without being chained in an under-
ground pen.
So he asked the Lord if he had on hand
Anything left when He made this land.
The Lord said, "Yes, I have plenty of
land.
But I left it down on the Rio Grande.
The fact is, old boy, the stuff is real poor.
But you're welcome to it and plenty
more."
steers
So the Devil went down to look at the
truck
And said if he took it as a gift he was
stuck,
For after examining it carefully and well
He concluded the place was too dry for
a hell.
So in order to get it off His hand.
The Lord promised to water the land,
For He had some water or rather some
dregs
Rather cathartic and smelled like bad
And put an addition to the rabbit's ears.
He put a little devil in the broncho
steed
And poisoned the feet of the centipede.
The rattlesnake bites you, the scorpion
stings.
The mosquito delights you with his
buzzing wings.
Sand-burs cause you to jigg and dance,
And those who sit down will have ants
in their pants.
The Devil then said that throughout the
land
He'd arrange to keep up the Devil's own
brand,
And all should be mavericks unless
they bore
Marks and scratches, or bites by the
eggs.
Score.
The heat in the summer is one hundred and ten.
Too hot for the Devil, too hot for the men.
Go see for yourself and you can tell
"Tis a hell of a place he has for a hell.
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SAN ANTONIO CARD CO.. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
