Rattlesnake Annie Sings Goodbye To a River

Available on iTunes. Rattlesnake Annie wrote "Goodbye to a River" in 1976 in Texas. I was living by the side of the Brazos River with my husband and our two sons, Lynn and Al. We were located between Palo Pinto and Mineral Wells, Texas.

Our land had not been lived on since the Indians were removed from the mid 1800s.

We built everything we needed on our land with our own hands. We grew our own food, had chickens for eggs, goats for milk and horses for fun.

We put all of our hopes and dreams in our beloved ranch on the river and thought that it would be our home place forever. It was like paradise, surrounded by nature, wild flowers, wild animals, the sounds, the sights, and each moment the miracles of Mother Nature!....the river!

Then, the first nuclear power plant in Texas was build very close to our home.

It was built near Glen Rose - they built it on Comanche Peak which was historically the sacred meeting place for Indian tribes in the area to discuss peace.

Of course, we felt like it was too dangerous to live so near the Nuclear Power Plant which was only a few kilometers down the river. So, we decided that we must leave our land and home.

We had a party for our dearest friends called "The Great American Give-Away" and gave away all our life-long possessions of art, books and various treasures.

Since that time I do not value material possessions. Now I know that you can never really own anything.

We left the river in 1977....."Brazos de Dios , Adios Goodbye".

The popularity of this song launched my international career, and it has been recorded in many different languages.

The Brazos River is the longest river in Texas. It is 1,400 km (870 mi) generally southeast across Texas to the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Galveston.

It was named by the Spanish "Brazos de Dios" which means "Arms of God"

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Music

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• Country
• Folk

[joliett]

Superduper great video!  And superduper great star!

[redbull1767]

a fantastic singer awesome keep the good work up .AUSSIE

[LempEbo]

Chřestýší Anka forever!

[MrNeugedein]

super, nádherná píseň !

[nordimersnurd]

Here Rattlesnake Annie is singing good-bye to the Brazos River. I grew up along the Brazos River. Rattlesnake Annie is a beautiful person with a beautiful voice. I love her!!

[kkaaffkkaa]

Vzpomínka na Michala Tučného...

[mitoguitarman]

Lovely, lovely

[joristheboss]

Rattlesnake still always good

greetz from Joris

Holland

[glynnth]

Wonder how Rattlesnake Annie got her name?

[Bidyyy]

Hi" Folk`s

nice Greetings from Austria

[cajundebby1]

What an incredibly sad and beautiful song!