San Miguel

Down by the mission San Miguel

Is a great house wherein dwell

Don Carlos

And La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell

I work at the ranch

I saddle her mare

I ride with the gun behind

As she visits her friends here and there

She says, "Thank you, Manuel"

Or "Manuel, por favor"

Or "Good ev'ning, Manuel"

La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell

I dream of the mission San Miguel

And it says to me, the mission bell

"She is married, Manuel

The wife of the rancher, Don Carlos Cantrell"

You serve at the ranch

You hold her chair

You carry her boxes, trunks, letters, and books

Here and there

But I hear with my heart what she says with her eyes

With "Good ev'ning, Manuel" or "Manuel, por favor"

Or "The carriage, Manuel"

Or "Manuel, close the door"