The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe Lyrics - Hank Snow

Written by Leiber - Stoller - Wheeler 

Recorded by Hank Snow 

The cowboy was drunk and braggin' 

He told her he had a wagon 

A wagon filled up with gold that he'd stole 

And then covered all over with hay 

She cried when she learned what he'd done that day 

The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank 

At Santa Fe and got away 

Please take it all back she pleaded 

Said his love was all she needed 

But he said, "I only did it for you 

So don't you look at me that way." 

Because she loved him so, she said okay 

The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank 

At Santa Fe and got away 

But that night while she lay in the arms of her man 

He talked in his sleep and she discovered his plan 

He talked in his sleep and gave himself away 

When he talked of another girl waiting in San Jose 

With the same loving hands that thrilled him 

She picked up his gun and killed him 

She killed him and threw his gold dust all over his body 

Right there where it lay 

She was the only mourner there that prayed 

The girl who shot the man who robbed the bank 

At Santa Fe and got away