COLLEGEPORT

DEVELOPS POETESS
 

MISS HOLSWORTH
 

I'm not a native Texan;

Tho' still I love Texas,

It's a grand old State today

From El Paso to Port Arthur

From the Panhandle to the Bay,

Just so it's Texas,

The place I want to stay.

I want to live in Texas,

That's where I love to be

Not only down in Texas,

Oh, Texas is all I see.

Texas, the great big wonderful State,

Texas--may it destine my fate.

It is the largest State

And richest so they claim

Still "riches" is not all the name,

For it has oil and sulphur.

Cotton, corn, rice and sugar cane,

Then just Think Texas,

Wonderful State of Texas,

It sets my heart aflame.
 

Composed by
Margaret P. Holsworth

Collegeport, Texas
February 29, 1920

Matagorda County Tribune
March 5, 1920
 

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