South Coast
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My name is Juanano de Castro My father's a Spanish Grandee But I won my young wife in a card game To the devil with those lords of the sea One night, I gambled up in Jolon A tough old sea captain named Juan And after I'd taken his money I staked all against his daughter, Dawn And the South Coast is so wild and lonely Though you might win in a game at Jolon For the lion still rules the Barranca And a man there is always alone I picked up the ace, and I had won her And my heart, it fell down to my feet But it sprang to my throat the next moment Like a young summer's day, she was sweet He openеd the door to the kitchen And hе called the girl out with a curse He said, "Take her, Goddamn her, you've won her You've got her for better or worse" And the South Coast is so wild and lonely Though you might win in a game at Jolon For the lion still rules the Barranca And a man there is always alone Her little arms soon tightened around me As we rode down the hill to the south But not a word did I hear from her that day Nor a kiss from her pretty young mouth That year was a good, happy winter As we carved on a cradle of pine By the fire in our new builded shanty There, I sang with that sweet wife of mine But then one night I got hurt in a landslide I got a crushed hip with twice-broken bones Little Dawn saddled up that old pony like lightning Then she rode out for that doctor up in Jolon But a lion screamed in the Barranca Buck, he bolted, and he fell on the side My young wife lay dead in the moonlight That night, my heart died with my bride The South Coast is so wild and lonely Though you might win in a game at Jolon For the lion still rules the Barranca And a man there is always alone
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Credits
- Writers
- Frank Miller
- Lillian Bos Ross
- Richard Dehr
- Sam Eskin