TEXAS LEATHER AND MEXICAN LACE
(Steve Karliski / Larry Kolber)


Teresa Brewer - 1966
Patti Page - 1966

Also recorded by:
Johnny & Rijk (Dutch title "Texas Jimmy Ende Amelandse Truus")





A cowboy rode out of Laredo
The fastest gun in the nation
He tried to go to Old Mexico
To lose his reputation

So he rode his pinto pony
Till the sign read Old Ringo Town
And there he bought an acre
And vowed that he'd settle down

He hung up his old leather holster
And he lived by law and order
But he fell in love with Carmella
A rich ranchero's daughter

But Texas leather and Mexican lace
Never can go together
Texas leather and mexican lace
Must stay apart forever

Well, he spent the summer with her
For the sweet Carmella adored him
But her father saw a poster
And sent the deputy for him

Texas leather and Mexican lace
Never can go together
Texas leather and mexican lace
Must stay apart forever

Now there's a stone in the churchyard
Where you'll find Carmella each day
And she cries as she reads the inscription
That took her poor cowboy away

Texas leather and Mexican lace
Never can go together
Texas leather and mexican lace
Must stay apart forever






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle -September 2014)