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the new christy minstrels - el camino real lyrics

[spoken] early california was a land of magnificent horses and unexcelled horsemanship
in the little+known struggle for los angeles, two giants, horse and master, rode together on the king’s highway
el camino real

juan flaco, brave soldier, i fear the tide of the battle has turned
the streets are deserted
the windows are dark where the bright candles burned
you must summon the soldiers with news of our plight
and carry the message alone through the night
and swift as the wind you will ride to the north on the king’s highway
el camino real

without hesitation, he sprang to the saddle, this deed to be done
our fair california, this rich, golden land is the prize to be won;
and should i be captured, the message i bear
will safely be hid ‘neath the locks of my hair;
and swift as the wind i will ride to the north on the king’s highway
el camino real

the deafening cackle of mexican bullets rang through the night
like crows to the eagle, they swept down upon him as juan took his flight
mortally wounded, his horse pitched and fell
then sprang up again like the phoenix from h+ll
and away like the wind in a new burst of speed down the king’s highway

his dying horse faltered, then plunged from the road down the brow of the hill
to the edge of the cliff, where the mexicans would now make their k!ll;
but he hurdled the canyon, so deep and so wide
and all who dared follow, tumbled and died
then safe to the north he rode like the wind on the king’s highway
el camino real
juan cried bitter tears for the horse that had long been his friend
so gallant and n0ble, so faithful and true to the end
three bullets burned deep in the great stallion’s side
now, safe from their guns, he willingly died
with a tearful farewell, juan laid him to rest by the king’s highway
el camino real

five days he rode northward to commodore stockton, his message to tell
borrowed or stolen, the horses he rode all served him well
but he swore there was never a hero so bold
and now through the moonlight the legend gets told
together they ride, swift as the wind down the king’s highway
el camino real

- the new christy minstrels lyrics

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