The Vaquero Song

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[Verse 1]
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My name is Juan Medina, a Vaquero once was I
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Now I live in the air above the pepper trees
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Where are all the cattle, that belonged to Captain Dana
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They're blown away like ashes in the California breeze


[Verse 2]
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And once I rode the foothills, and I swung a long reata
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I worked the hide and tallow trade in the land I loved
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I rode in wooden stirrups
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And the dust raised by my ponies
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Was smoke, from my alter, offered up to the God above


[Chorus]
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Todavía estoy aquí I am still here
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Todavía estoy aquí my soul is dancing in the moonlight
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And mingles with each grain of sand in the land that is my birthright
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I am still here,     todavía estoy aquí
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I am still here,    todavia estoy aqui


[Verse 3]
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In the canyon and barrancas
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And willows by the creek bank
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I chased the wild cattle through the live oak trees
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Cross valleys ridge and mesa
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And the hills baked oh so yellow
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My ponies sleek and dancing were all a man would need


[Chorus]
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Todavía estoy aquí I am still here
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Todavía estoy aquí my soul is dancing in the moonlight
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And mingles with each grain of sand in the land that is my birthright
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I am still here,     todavía estoy aquí
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I am still here,    todavia estoy aqui


[Verse 4]
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In the fog of early morning,   o' the misty haze of twilight
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Beyond the sagging ruins of these adobe walls
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You may see me in the dust that shimmers in the half light
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Or hear me in the whisper, of the grass so green and tall


[Chorus]
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Todavía estoy aquí I am still here
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Todavía estoy aquí my soul is dancing in the moonlight
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And mingles with each grain of sand in the land that is my birthright
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I am still here,     todavía estoy aquí
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I am still here,    todavia estoy aqui


[Outro]
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My name is Juan Medina   a Vaquero once was I
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Now I live, in the air above of the pepper trees.....