A cowboy song set to a poem by Charles Badger Clark, which Dylan recorded more than once; this version is on the 1973 album "Dylan".
The words
A cowboy remembers a Mexican girl he once loved and lost, and still hears her tender words.
The speaker is a rider on the border country who recalls a brief romance with a young Mexican woman. He has long since ridden away, but the memory of her and the warmth of her language stay with him. The song is slow and melancholy, a quiet reflection rather than a story with events. Dylan's version here, from his 1969 and 1970 sessions, is a gentle, unhurried cowboy ballad.
Words by Charles Badger Clark
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A cowboy remembers a Mexican girl he once loved and lost, and still hears her tender words.
The speaker is a rider on the border country who recalls a brief romance with a young Mexican woman. He has long since ridden away, but the memory of her and the warmth of her language stay with him. The song is slow and melancholy, a quiet reflection rather than a story with events. Dylan's version here, from his 1969 and 1970 sessions, is a gentle, unhurried cowboy ballad.
Words by Charles Badger Clark
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1973
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