Never had much to say, he traveled alone with no friends
Like a shadowy ghost at dawn he came and he went
Through the woodland swiftly gliding
To the young maid he came riding
Where she'd run to meet him by the garden wall
"Oh, my sweet Miguel, I will never tell
"No one will ever know, what I know too well"
And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast
And he'd say, "I have no fear"
"They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river
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"'Cause I've done that before
"To see my true love's smiling face
"A hundred times or more"
"Oh, my sweet Miguel" she cried
"I'll love you till I die"
He was born to the south, in Mexico, they say
The child of a man who had soon gone away
But his mother loved him dearly
And she would take him yearly
To the great Cathedral in St. Augustine
"Oh, my young Miguel, listen to the bell
"Of my poverty, you must never tell"
And he cried himself to sleep in the night
And he vowed to make things right
So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call
He knew she'd understand
A lawman came to capture him
The gun jumped in his hand
"Oh, Miguel", the mother cried
"You must run, son, or you'll die"
So the story is told of his true love across the line
As strong as the oak and as sweet as the vine
And the child she bore him
Came on the fateful morning
When they sent him to his final rest
Oh, my sweet Miguel, listen to the bell
No one will ever know, of what I know too well
Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast
And she'd say, "I have no fear
"I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river"
'Cause you've done that before
To see your true love's smiling face
A hundred times or more
"Oh, my sweet Miguel", she cried
"I'll love you till I die"