Miguel Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

Never had much to say, he traveled alone with no friends 

Like a shadowy ghost at dawn he came and he went 

Through the woodland swiftly gliding, to the young maid he came gliding 

Where she'd run to meet him, by the garden wall 

Oh my sweet Miguel, I will never tell 

No one will ever know, what I know too well 

And he'd smile and lay his head on her breast and he'd say I have no fear 

They're waiting for me to cross the border, to swim the river 

'Cause I've done that before 

To see my true loves smiling face 

A hundred times or more 

Oh my sweet Miguel she cried 

I'll love you till I die 

He was born to the south in Mexico they say 

The child of a man who had soon gone away 

But his mother loved him dearly and she would take him yearly 

To the great Cathedral in St. Augustine 

Oh my young Miguel, listen to the bell 

Of my poverty you must never tell 

And he cried himself to sleep in the night 

And he vowed to make things right 

So he took the gun down from the wall and he paid a call 

He knew she'd understand 

A lawman came to capture him 

The gun jumped in his hand 

Oh Miguel the mother cried 

You must run son or you'll die 

So the story is told of his true love cross the line 

As strong as the oak and as sweet as the vine 

And the child she bore him, came on the fateful mornin' 

When they sent him to his final rest 

Oh my sweet Miguel listen to the bell 

No one will ever know, of what I know too well 

Then she'd smile and lay the child on her breast 

And she'd say I have no fear 

I'm waiting for you to cross the border, to swim the river 

'Cause you've done that before 

To see your true loves smiling face 

A hundred times or more 

Oh my sweet Miguel she cried 

I'll love you till I die