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South Coast, the wild coast, is lonely,
You may win at the game at Jolon,
But the lion still rules the barrancas,
And a man there is always alone.
My name is Juan Hano de Castro,
My father was a Spanish grandee,
But I won my wife in a card game,
To hell with the lords o’er the sea.
I picked up the ace, I had won her,
My heart which was down at my feet,
Jumped up to my throat in a hurry,
Like a warm Summer’s day,
She was sweet.
Her arms had to tighten around me,
As we rode up the hills from the South,
Not a word did I hear from her that day,
Nor a kiss from her pretty red mouth.
We came to my cabin at twilight,
The stars twinkled out on the coast,
She soon loved the valley, the orchard,
But I knew that she loved me the most.
Then I got hurt in a landslide,
With crushed hip,
And twice-broken bone,
She saddled our pony like lightning,
Rode off in the night all alone.
The lion screamed in the barrancas,
The pony fell back on the slide,
My young wife lay dead,
In the moonlight,
My heart died that night with my bride.
South Coast, the wild coast, is lonely,
You may win at the game at Jolon,
But the lion still rules the barrancas,
And a man there is always alone.
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Submitted by
madcappunk On May 03, 2008
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