On 3/10/2021 5:46 PM, wrote:

What the hell are you talking about? What is "the song" ?

Cindy Hamilton



The Eyes Of Texas.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-
freeman/2021/03/09/eyes-of-texas-lyrics-report-ignores-song-racist-
intent/4642339001/

The wording of the song is as follows.[6]

The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
All the livelong day.
The Eyes of Texas are upon you,
You cannot get away.
Do not think you can escape them
At night or early in the morn --
The Eyes of Texas are upon you
Til Gabriel blows his horn.

Sing it to the tune of I've been working on the railroad.


What is supposed to be the racist part?


Subject to interpretation.
Can't escape, can't get away. Sort of like your life if you were a slave.

... or just bound to Texas as a lot of Texans feel they are.
I see the same thing with people who grew up in DC/Maryland or New
York/New Jersey. They can't imagine being anywhere else.
A few rebels like me broke free but every woman I knew in Maryland,
still lives there.


Grew up in Philadelphia and never thought I'd leave. Until my job was
eliminated but had one in CT in 1981. Never thought I'd leave CT until
both my kids went to FL and my wife liked it and a one floor house would
be better for her.

Things change. I have family in 7 different states, including a
(non-native) granddaughter in Texas.