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MIGUEL
Lightfoot
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1. (F) Never had much to say, he traveled al
Am
one with no friends
(F) Like a shadowy ghost, at dawn he
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came and he went
(F) Through the woodlands
G
swiftly gliding
Em
To the young maid
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he came riding
Dm
Where she'd run to meet him At the
G
garden wall.
Oh, my sweet Mi
Am
guel I will never
C
tell
No one will ever
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know What I know too
C
well
And he'd smile, and
F
lay his head on her
C
breast
And he'd
F
say, "Ah, have no
C
fear. They're
F
waiting for me
To cross the border, to
G
swim the river, 'cause
C
I've done that
be
F
fore
To
G
see my true love's
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smiling face,
A
F
hundred times or
G
more."
Am
"Oh, my
G
sweet Miguel," she
F
cried. "I'll
G
love you 'til I
C
die."
2.
F
He was born to the south, in Mexi
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co, they say
F
The child of a man who was
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soon gone away
F
But his mother
G
loved him dearly,
Em
And she would
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take him yearly
Dm
To the great cathedral in St. Au
G
gustine.
"Oh, my young Mig
Am
uel. Listen to the
C
bell
Of my pover
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ty, You must never
C
tell."
And he cried him
F
self to sleep in the
C
night
And he
F
vowed to make things
C
right. So he
F
took the gun down
From the wall and he
G
paid a call H
He
C
knew she'd under
F
stand
A
G
lawman came to
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capture him, the
F
gun jumped in his
G
hand
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"Oh, Mig
G
uel," a mother
F
cried.
"You must
G
run, son or you'll
C
die."
3.
F
So the story is told of his true
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love, 'cross the line
F
As strong as the oak, and as
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sweet as the vine
F
And the child
G
that she bore him
Em
Came on that
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fateful morning
Dm
When they send him to his
G
final rest.
"Oh, my sweet Mig
Am
uel. I will never
C
tell.
No one will ever
Am
know what I know too
C
well."
And she'd smile, and
F
lay the child on her
C
breast
And she'd
F
say, "Ah, have no
C
fear. I'm
F
waiting for you
To cross the border, to
G
swim the river
'Cause
C
you've done that
F
before
To
G
see your true love's
Am
smiling face, a
F
hundred times or
G
more.
Am
"Oh, my
G
sweet Miguel," she
F
cried. "I'll
G
love you 'til I
C
die."
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