Viva Pancho Villa Lyrics - Singles - Hoyt Axton

In an old cantina down in Mexico 

A bunch of dreamers drinking and thinking out loud 

Panama Red told the Queen of Brazil 

Ooh I love you I've loved you since I was a sailor 

We'll go down to Rio we'll rob us a bank 

And sail off to Paris in splendor hey we'll be some mighty big spenders 

Abandoned and alone they were easily prone to get into trouble for money 

In honky tonk dreams they rehearse their scenes 

And rewrite them all in their favor rewrite them all in their favor 

[ ac.guitar ] 

Minnie the Mo said to Hokomo Joe ooh I'm bored and I'm broke 

And I've run out of whiskey and honey 

But Red knows a bank down in Rio that's ripe 

Where we can fill our pockets with money 

Hey we'll be some mighty big spenders 

Abandoned and alone... 

[ guitar ] 

Madame Kazoo said to St Louis Lou 

Ooh tell Panama Red I think that's the last train to Rio 

The Topeka kid had a hole in his lid 

They say that he once rode with Pancho 

When Pancho was a mighty big spender 

Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa 

Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa 

Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa 

Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa 

[ mandolin ] 

Wouldn't you know they never did go 

Ooh they kept on drinkin' and they never even left the cantina 

And El Presidente de la Banque Brazil he never even lost him a penny 

Hey he's still a mighty big spender the President's a mighty big spender