south coast

my name is juanano de castro

my father was a spanish grandee

but i won my wife in a card game

to hell with those lords o'er the sea

well the south coast is wild coast and lonely

you might win in a game at cholon

but a lion still rules the barranca

and a man there is always alone

i played in a card game at jolon

i played there with an outlaw named juan

and after i'd taken his money

i staked all against his daughter dawn

i picked up the ace.l had won her

my heart it was down at my feet

jumped up to my throat in a hurry

like a young summer's day she was sweet

he opened the door to the kitchen

and he called the girl out with a curse

saying take her