"Long, Tall Texan"

[Wilson Gray]

Do any of y'all remember the song, "Long, Tall Texan," popular in the
early 'Sixties, I believe? Its chorus was, according to a lyrics site:

Well, I’m a long, tall Texan
I enforce justice for the law

He rides from Texas to enforce the law

Well, I’m a long, tall Texan
I enforce justice for the law

He rides from Texas to enforce the law

Well, people look at me and say
"Hurrah, hurrah, is you the law?"

He rides from Texas to enforce the law

This must have been transcribed by a Northerner, because nobody from
down home would misspell [^ r^] as "hurrah." I've never seen this
string in any kind of writing or in any kind of print, so I don't know
how one *would* spell it. "Uh ruh," perhaps? But "hurrah" can't
possibly be right.

-Wilson Gray