Watermelon

I've been crying I've been yelling
My heart is longing for a feast

Just a good old Texas melon
That they raise away back east

It surely must be in the soil
No other melon tastes so sweet

No other melon's up to hoyle
No other melon has her beat

That mealy red and mellow flesh
That luscious Texas melon twang

Just let me get my teeth enmesh
And other melons can go hang.

A ribbon winner and a prize
Yes Texas needs a melon flag

It leads them all in taste and size
And Texas doesn't have to brag.

I live in California, fine
But you give me one good swallow

And Texas hooks me on her line
That melon I will gladly follow

A reminiscence if you please
But what pleasure can be his

How grateful is the one who sees
Yes, Oh, how sweet the memory is.