Sam Houston quote needed; Anonymous internet "Texas Blessing"

[Wilson Gray]

Given that my birthplace, Marshall, Texas, styles itself "The Fire-Ant
Capital of the World" and sponsors an annual Fire-Ant Festival, a
happening so major that it was once mentioned in TIME, my WAG is that
the Texas version may be the original.

-Wilson

On 12/6/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      Sam Houston quote needed; Anonymous internet "Texas Blessing"
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> Any help with this quotation (not in YBQ):
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> "Texas could exist  without the United States, but the United States cannot,=
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> except at very great  hazard, exist without Texas." - Sam  Houston=20
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> Any help with this "Texas Blessing"  that's all over the internet?
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> _http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_blessing/_=20
> (http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_blessing/)=20
> ...
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> Texas Blessing
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> This =E2=80=9CTexas Blessing=E2=80=9D is all over the internet, sometimes ca=
> lled =E2=80=9CFlorida =20
> Blessing.=E2=80=9D The author is unknown.=20
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> _A Mississippi Blessing_ (http://usads.ms11.net//blessing.html) =20
> A  Mississippi Blessing=20
> ~~Off the Internet~~=20
> Know who wrote this?  Please write us so we can give proper credit and=20
> request permission to continue  to post here on this site. Send information=20=
> to=20
> _bethjacks at hotmail.com_ (mailto:bethjacks at hotmail.com)  . Ye Editor  =E2=80=
> =9Cgoogled=E2=80=9D the=20
> piece and came up with two more versions=E2=80=94one from Florida and one  f=
> rom=20
> Texas, both with identical wording and no writer listed. The Texas posting,=20=
>  by the=20
> way, has great graphics and music. Enjoy! =20
> Bless this house, oh Lord, we cry.=20
> Please keep it cool in mid-July. =20
> Bless the walls where termites dine,=20
> While ants and roaches march in  time. =20
> Bless our yard where spiders pass=20
> Fire ant castles in the grass. =20
> Bless the garage, a home to please=20
> Carpenter beetles, ticks and fleas. =20
> Bless the love bugs, two by two,=20
> The gnats and mosquitoes that feed on  you.=20
> Millions of creatures that fly or crawl,=20
> In Mississippi, Lord,  you=E2=80=99ve put them all! =20
> But this is home, and here we=E2=80=99ll stay,=20
> So thank you Lord, for insect  spray.=20
>
> _The Sunday  Funnies.com_ (http://www.thesundayfunnies.com/florida.html) =20
> A Florida Prayer=20
> Bless this house, oh Lord, we  cry.=20
> Please keep it cool in mid-July.=20
> Bless the walls where termites  dine,=20
> While ants and roaches march in time. =20
> Bless our yard where spiders pass=20
> Fire ant castles in the grass. =20
> Bless the garage, a home to please=20
> Carpenter beetles, ticks and fleas. =20
> Bless the love bugs,=20
> Two by two,=20
> The gnats and mosquitoes=20
> That  feed on you.=20
> Millions of creatures that fly or crawl,=20
> In Florida, Lord,  you=E2=80=99ve put them all!! =20
> But this is home,=20
> And here we=E2=80=99ll stay,=20
> So thank you Lord,=20
> For  insect spray.=20
>
> _Google  Groups: pdaxs.services.children_ (http://groups.google.com/group/pd=
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> =3D10&hl=3Den#1f615eeb0f23f221) =20
> From:  CDHAGOOD=20
> Date:   Thurs, Jul 22 2004 2:08 pm=20
>
> A TEXAS BLESSING=20
> Note: If you are not a  resident of TEXAS or never have lived in the hot,=20
> humid South,you may not  understand the weight of this blessing! =20
> -Bless this house, oh Lord, we cry.=20
> -Please keep it cool in mid-July. =20
> -Bless the walls where termites dine,=20
> -While ants and roaches march in  time.=20
> -Bless our yard where spiders pass=20
> -Fire ant castles in the grass. =20
> -Bless the garage, a home to please=20
> -Carpenter beetles, ticks and fleas. =20
> -Bless the love bugs, two by two, the gnats and mosquitoes that feed on =20
> you.=20
> -Millions of creatures that fly or crawl, in TEXAS, Lord, you=E2=80=99ve  pu=
> t=20
> them all=20
> -But this is home, and here we=E2=80=99ll stay,=20
> -So thank you  Lord, for insect spray.=20
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