Biography:
Steagall was born Russell Steagall in Gainesville, Texas, on December 22, 1937. He became a bull rider at rodeos while he was still a teenager, but at the age of 15, he was stricken with polio. He took up the guitar and the mandolin as physical therapy to recover the strength and dexterity of his arms and hands. Steagall entered a career in agricultural chemistry after graduating from West Texas State University with a degree in animal science and agronomy.
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RED RIVER ROSE
Red Steagall
[Verse 1]
C
On a fence line north of Estelline, strangest sight I ever seen
F C
Was a note tied with a ribbon to a rollin’ tumbleweed
C
Brazos tossed his head and shied, the weed got caught up on the wire
F G C
I stepped down from my saddle horse and gave that note a read
[Chorus]
G F C
Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
G F G
Told of her life and the loss of her man
Am G F C
It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
F C F
And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C
To find Red River Rose
[Verse 2]
C
By the time I’d built a fire that night I’d memorized every line
F C
And felt the silent tear drops that had fallen on that note
C
And I heard a lonesome coyote cry and it was then I realized
F G C
Rose and this ol’ cowboy had been too long alone
[Chorus]
G F C
Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
G F G
Told of her life and the loss of her man
Am G F C
It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
F C F
And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C
To find Red River Rose
[Verse 3]
C
On the north side of the prairie dog in a dug-out faced with cedar logs
F C
Was a woman in a cotton dress the color of the sun
C
She said the man she loved had died so to keep her occupied
F G C
She tied notes to the tumbleweeds and trusted them to God
[Chorus]
G F C
Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
G F G
Told of her life and the loss of her man
Am G F C
It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
F C F
And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C
To find Red River Rose
[Final Chorus]
Gm F C
In a cedar cabin ‘neath the canyon wall
Gm F G C G F
We’d light a fire and watch the snowflakes fall
C F C F
I’m glad it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C F G C
To find Red River Rose, I love my Red River Rose
Red Steagall
[Verse 1]
C
On a fence line north of Estelline, strangest sight I ever seen
F C
Was a note tied with a ribbon to a rollin’ tumbleweed
C
Brazos tossed his head and shied, the weed got caught up on the wire
F G C
I stepped down from my saddle horse and gave that note a read
[Chorus]
G F C
Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
G F G
Told of her life and the loss of her man
Am G F C
It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
F C F
And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C
To find Red River Rose
[Verse 2]
C
By the time I’d built a fire that night I’d memorized every line
F C
And felt the silent tear drops that had fallen on that note
C
And I heard a lonesome coyote cry and it was then I realized
F G C
Rose and this ol’ cowboy had been too long alone
[Chorus]
G F C
Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
G F G
Told of her life and the loss of her man
Am G F C
It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
F C F
And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C
To find Red River Rose
[Verse 3]
C
On the north side of the prairie dog in a dug-out faced with cedar logs
F C
Was a woman in a cotton dress the color of the sun
C
She said the man she loved had died so to keep her occupied
F G C
She tied notes to the tumbleweeds and trusted them to God
[Chorus]
G F C
Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
G F G
Told of her life and the loss of her man
Am G F C
It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
F C F
And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C
To find Red River Rose
[Final Chorus]
Gm F C
In a cedar cabin ‘neath the canyon wall
Gm F G C G F
We’d light a fire and watch the snowflakes fall
C F C F
I’m glad it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
G C F G C
To find Red River Rose, I love my Red River Rose
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