I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS

"WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS" WAS WRITTEN BY

B. TALMADGE TUBB. COPYRIGHT 1965.

ERNEST TUBB RECORDED THE SONG.

ERNEST DALE TUBB WAS BORN ON A COTTON FARM AT CRISP, TEXAS.  HE WAS A JIMMY RODGERS FAN SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD, AND TRIED TO PATTERN THE "RAILROAD HOBO'S" SINGING STYLE. 

CARRIE RODGERS, JIMMY'S WIDOW, SET UP A RECORDING SESSION FOR  ERNEST TUBB.  SHE 

LOANED HIM JIMMY'S GUITAR FOR HIS FIRST SESSION.

THE RECORD WAS A TOTAL FAILURE.  SO WERE OTHER ATTEMPTS AT RECORDING A HIT UNTIL 1941.   "I'M WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU" SEEMED TO BE

THE TURNING POINT FOR ERNEST TUBB.  HIS

SINGING CAREER FINALLY WAS A SUCCESS.

FEBRUARY 9, 1914-SEPTEMBER 6, 1984

ERNEST TUBB, WILLIE NELSON, CHARLIE DANIELS, AND CHARLIE MC COY ARE SINGING

"WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS."

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WHEN WE DANCE TOGETHER, MY WORLD'S IN DISGUISE,

IT'S A FAIRYLAND TALE THAT'S COME TRUE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME WITH THOSE STARS IN YOUR EYES,

I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU.

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU IN MY ARMS,

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU.

LIKE A STORYBOOK ENDING, I'M LOST IN YOUR CHARMS,

AND I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU.

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU IN MY ARMS,

WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU.

LIKE A STORYBOOK ENDING, I'M LOST IN YOUR CHARMS,

AND I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU.

MY HEARTACHES AND TROUBLES ARE JUST UP AND GONE,

THE MOMENT THAT YOU COME INTO VIEW.

WITH YOUR HAND IN MINE, DEAR,

I COULD DANCE ON AND ON,

I COULD WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS WITH YOU.

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