Billy Walker Lyrics
"Pancho Villa"

(Kay Arnold - Kendall Hayes)

Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa
The robinhood of Mexico
Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa
The robinhood of old Mexico.

He rode into town one evening
The streets began too clear
The word was passed in whispers
The bandit Pancho Villa's here.

With his band of mighty outlaws
Many stories had been told
Did he fight for the rights of us
Or was it lust for gold.

His rifles numbered forty
His men gave a mighty shout
And the soldiers that we hated
Were all dead or criminal.

And when the battle ended
Our town was in his hands
We realized that we'd been freed
By Pancho Villa's outlaw band.

Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa
The robinhood of Mexico
Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa
The robinhood of old Mexico.

Then I looked out my window
And I began to pray
As he smiled at my Rosana
Across the street as she came my way.

I knew my hand was trembling
As I prepared to draw
And in my eyes could not believe
The miracle I saw.

He put down gold and silver
And food for us to eat
Said I did not come to harm you
And our hearts fell at his feet.

He told us to build a mission
So grand and strong so gay
So the people that he love would know
Pancho Villa passed this way.

Pancho Villa. Pancho Villa
The robinhood of Mexico
Pancho Villa, Pancho Villa
The robinhood of old Mexico...