Now the Casa de Vallejos was a hacienda, the biggest I ever saw
But then I hadn’t seen too many, being a cowboy from the Ozarks, and all

I was breaking broncs for the senoritas uncle, Don Carlos Vallejos was his name
I fell in love, the first day Emillita arrived, and I think I shall never be the same

The next day my job, they told me, was to escort the senorita at dawn
So, I curried her horse and saddled him then politely, I helped her on

We galloped east, into the sunrise, the sky was red with the breaking of day
My mind had a thousand things to tell her, but my lips could find no words to say

We stopped to rest the horses, while her gloved hand brushed my stallion’s mane
I was drowning in the pools of her dark eyes, when she asked me my Christian name

Oh, I felt like I’d been kicked in the stomach, my legs got kinda’ weak
My chin had a slight tremble, and my voice shook when I tried to speak

But I told her my name, and then added, oh senorita, if I may be so bold
Never before in my lifetime, have my eyes witness the beauty they behold

Her dark eyes light up and sparkled, her smile said thank you to me,
Then she told me sadly, she was promised in marriage,
that Don Pedro Lagos was her husband to be

We rode out each morning before day break, to the east, to greet each new day
I was falling deeply in love with Emillita, she told me she felt the same way

I gently took her in my arms and kissed her so tenderly,
I could feel her hot tears on my face, for the love that never could be

Please go, her lips mouthed as she kissed me, I could feel her heart beating again' mine
It’s breaking my heart to see you, she said, this must be the last time