Gordon Lightfoot - Miguel Lyrics
Never had much to sayHe traveled alone with no friendsLike a shadowy ghostAt dawn he came and he wentThrough the woodland swiftly glidingTo the young maid he came glidingWhere shed run to meet himBy the garden wallOh my sweet miguelI will never tellNo one will ever knowWhat I know too wellAnd hed smile and lay his head on her breastAnd hed say I have no fearTheyre waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the riverBut Ive done that beforeTo see my true loves smiling faceA hundred times or moreOh my sweet miguel she criedIll love you till I dieHe was born to the southIn mexico they sayThe child of a manWho had soon gone awayBut his mother loved him dearlyAnd she would take him yearlyTo the great cathedral in st. augustineOh my young miguelListen to the bellOf my povertyYou must never tellAnd he cried himself to sleep in the nightAnd he vowed to make things rightSo he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a callHe knew shed understandA lawman came to capture himThe gun jumped in his handOh miguel the mother criedYou must run son or youll dieSo the story is toldOf his true love cross the lineAs strong as the oakAnd as sweet as the vineAnd the child she bore himCame on that fateful morninWhen they sent him to his final restOh my sweet miguelListen to the bellNo one will ever knowWhat I know too wellAnd shed smile and lay the child on her breastAnd shed say I have no fearIm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the rivercause youve done that beforeTo see your true loves smiling faceA hundred times or moreOh my sweet miguel she criedIll love you till I die
