Adelita

In the High Sierras, camped were the soldiers

And a young soldada who valiantly fought

Side by side with Francisco Villa, Adelita

I'm far from my home now, a Texacan soldier

It's not for fortune or risk to the battlefield I fight

I fell in love with Adelita with my very soul

We'll stand in arms this night

She said, "Johnny, if I should die in battle

And my body be left in the Sierranea

My love, my love, in God's name

Fight on, and remember me

That my blood will not have been spilled in vain"

On horseback, a carbine full and at her side

Over her blouse, cartridges filled her bandoleras

Side by side, into battle we rode, Villistas, my Adelita

We met the enemy in the Zamoran mountains

From their bullets, many of our soldiers died

And wounded, I lay fallen with my comrades

As Adelita stood above us

Firing her rifle till the gunpowder turned her hand black

The sky was blue, 'neath the cannon, the earth trembled

I watched as a bullet pierced my love's side

She fell amidst the brothers and sisters

Smoke and empty sky in her eyes

Adelita, my love

Adelita, my wife

Adelita, my comrade

My life

They'll remember your name when freedom fills the Sierranea

I'll remember the warmth of your skin against mine

Tonight, I lay in the mountains with the campesinos

My mind at peace from the vows I've made

I know I'll never see Texas again

Your portrait I carry deep in my breast pocket

My rifle firing into the campaña

I ride with you 'round my heart

Protected from this death by beauty