Emmylou Harris – Spanish Johnny (Guitar)

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Those other years, the dusty years, we drove the big herds through

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I tried to forget the miles we rode and Spanish Johnny too

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He'd sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was in

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And he'd never harm a child, but sing to his mandolin

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The old talk, the old ways, and the dealing of our game

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But Spanish Johnny never spoke, but sang a song of Spain

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And his talk with men was vicious talk when he was drunk on gin

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Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin

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Well, we had to stand, we tried to judge, we had to stop him then

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For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men

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He died a hard death long ago before the roads come in

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And the night before he swung, he sung to his mandolin

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Well, we carried him out in the morning sun, a man that done no good

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And we lowered him down in the cold clay, stuck in a cross of wood

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And a letter we wrote to his kinfolk to tell them where he'd been

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And we shipped it out to Mexico along with his mandolin