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Verse 1
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A hundred-and-eighty were were
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were challenged by Travis to die.
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By the line that he drew with his sword
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when the battle was nigh.
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"The man who would fight to the death cross
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over but him that would live better fly,"
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dred-and-seventy-nine.
Verse 2
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Hi! Hi! Santa Anna, we're killing your soldiers below,
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So the rest of Texas will know
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And remem ber the Alamo!
Verse 3
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Though Bowie lay dyin',
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his powder was ready and dry.
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Bowie killed him a few in reply,
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And young Davy Crockett was smilin' and laughin',
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the challenge was fierce in his eye.
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a man more than willin' to die.
Verse 4
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courier sent to the battlements,
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bloody and loud,
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With words of farewell in the letters
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he car ried were proud:
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my dyin' if Texas is sovereign and free,
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We'll never surrender and ever
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will liberty be!"
Verse 5
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[Chorus]
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