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THE BORDER AFFAIR
by Charles Badger Clark 1907 (1883-1957)
Badger Clark’s poem has been sung by many, from Ian Tyson to Bob Dylan,
best known as “Spanish is the Loving Tongue.” In Git Along, Little Dogies (1975)
John I. White tells that Prescott, Arizona cowboy singer Bill Simon put it to music in 1925,
a few years after he did the same for Gail I. Gardner’s “The Sierry Petes.”
Badger Clark got his cowboying experience in Arizona. He became the Poet Laureate of South Dakota,
where he was born and lived for most of his life. He wrote many lasting poems,
and others that found their way into song include “The Old Cow Man,” “Riding’,” and “To Her.”
[Intro]
A D A B E A D A E A
[Verse 1]
A D
Spanish is the lovin’ tongue,
A B E
Soft as music, light as spray.
A D
‘Twas a girl I learnt it from,
A E A
Livin’ down Sonora way.
D E D A
I don’t look much like a lover,
A F#m B E
Yet I say her love words over
A D
Often when I’m all alone -
A E A
“Mi amor, mi corazon.”
[Verse 2]
A D
Nights when she knew where I would ride
A B E
She would listen for my spurs,
A D
Throw those big doors open wide,
A E A
Raise them laughin’ eyes of hers
D E D A
And my heart would nigh stop beatin’
A F#m B E
When I heard her tender greetin’,
A D
Whispered soft for me alone
A E A
“Mi amor! mi corazon!”
[Verse 3]
A D
Moonlight in the patio,
A B E
Old Señora noddin’ near,
A D
Me and Juana talkin’ low
A E A
So her madre couldn’t hear -
D E D A
How those hours would go a-flyin'
A F#m B E
And too soon I’d hear her sighin’
A D
In her little sorry tone -
A E A
“Adios, mi corazon!”
[Verse 4]
A D
But one time I had to fly
A B E
For a foolish gamblin’ fight,
A D
And we said a swift goodbye
A E A
In that black, unlucky night.
D E D A
But traveling north her words kept riniging
A F#m B E
With every hoofbeat I could hear her singing
A D
Please don't leave me all alone -
A E A
“Mi amor, mi corazon”
[Verse 5]
A D
Never seen her since that night,
A B E
I can’t cross the line, you know.
A D
She was Mexican and I was White;
A E A
Like as not it’s better so.
D E D A
Yet I’ve always sort of missed her
A F#m B E
Since that very last night I kissed her,
A D
I broke her heart but lost my own -
A E A
“Adios, mi corazon!”
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