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Texas Onions
© Jennifer Mansfield 1999

Texas onions, they’re the pride of the lone star state!

As I was driving down the highway and the bluebonnets were in bloom
A big truck passed me in the fast lane – I moved on over, gave him lots of room
I checked his load as he passed by – a blaze of glory struck my eyes
There were golden globes almost twenty feet high and an angel sat on the top

Texas onions, they’re the pride of the lone star state
Texas onions, this load’s for God, you’re going to have to wait
Onions best in the U.S.A.; the Lord and the Aggies made them taste that way
Start now and you’ll eat them when you’re ninety-eight
Texas onions from the lone star state

Down in Greenville Mississippi where the cotton grows
On a blanket by the bayou you can warm your toes
But the onions that they’re serving with their boudin and beer
Are grown right here

Texas onions, they’re the pride of the lone star state
Texas onions, this load’s for God, you’re going to have to wait
Onions best in the U.S.A.; the Lord and the Aggies made them taste that way
Start now and you’ll eat them when you’re ninety-eight
Texas onions from the lone star state

© 2004 Jennifer Mansfield Peal. All Rights Reserved.