Original music composed by Bruce Haire
Lyrics written by Linda C. Elissalde
Jane Long, Jane Long,
Pioneer Woman brave and true.
Yes, Jane Long was a lady
Who did what she had to do.
Maryland’s beloved daughter
In Mississippi she did start.
Brave beyond her young years
Jane followed her loving heart.
She ended up in Texas
And landed on our coast.
Her brave deeds are recorded;
So Texas can proudly boast.
Jane Long, Jane Long,
Pioneer Woman brave and true.
Yes, Jane Long was a lady
Who did what she had to do.
Jane Long was most lovely
And really very sweet.
She met with pirate Jean
And swept him off (pause) La Feet.
Left alone on Bolivar
After James rode off to do what’s right,
Jane survived, used her guile
And put up quite a fight.
Jane Long, Jane Long,
Pioneer Woman brave and true.
Yes, Jane Long was a lady
Who did what she had to do.
Jane and family lived
Through that cold winter of twenty-one.
Gave birth, fought off Indians.
That’s not all that was done.
Everyone remembers
Her red petticoat flag so fine.
Took it right off her body
And ran it up the line.
Jane Long, Jane Long,
Pioneer Woman brave and true.
Yes, Jane Long was a lady
Who did what she had to do.
Jane helped the Texans
Fight for a life that was free.
With ammunition and money
She helped Texas come to be.
Many famous Texans
Proposed on bended knee.
Jane answered each with,
“James was the only one for me.”
Jane Long, “Mother of Texas”,
Pioneer Woman brave and true.
Yes, Jane Long was a lady
Who did what she had to do!
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