Pancho Villa

(Kay Arnold - Kendall Hayes)



Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa

The robinhood of Mexico

Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa

The robinhood of old Mexico.



He rode into town one evening

The streets began too clear

The word was passed in whispers

The bandit Pancho Villa's here.



With his band of mighty outlaws

Many stories had been told

Did he fight for the rights of us

Or was it lust for gold.



His rifles numbered forty

His men gave a mighty shout

And the soldiers that we hated

Were all dead or criminal.



And when the battle ended

Our town was in his hands

We realized that we'd been freed

By Pancho Villa's outlaw band.



Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa

The robinhood of Mexico

Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa

The robinhood of old Mexico.



Then I looked out my window

And I began to pray

As he smiled at my Rosana

Across the street as she came my way.



I knew my hand was trembling

As I prepared to draw

And in my eyes could not believe

The miracle I saw.



He put down gold and silver

And food for us to eat

Said I did not come to harm you

And our hearts fell at his feet.



He told us to build a mission

So grand and strong so gay

So the people that he love would know

Pancho Villa passed this way.



Pancho Villa. Pancho Villa

The robinhood of Mexico

Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa

The robinhood of old Mexico...