Evangelina
Composer(s): Hoyt Axton; Kenneth Higginbotham
Performer(s): Hoyt Axton;
and various other artists



And I dream in the morning
That she brings me water
And I dream in the evening
That she brings me wine
Just a poor man's daughter
From Puerta Pinasco
Evangelina in old Mexico

There's a great hot desert
Down in Mexicali
And if you don't have water
Boy, you'd better not go
Tequila won't get you
Across that desert
To Evangelina, in old Mexico

Chorus

And the fire I feel for the woman I love
Is drivin' me insane
Knowin' she's waitin'
And I can't get there
God only knows that I wracked my brain
To try and find a way
To reach that woman
In old Mexico

And I met a kind man
He guarded the border
He said, "You don't need papers
I'll let you go
I can tell that you love her
By the look in your eyes, now"
She's the rose of the desert
In old Mexico

Repeat Chorus

And I dream in the morning
That she brings me water
And I dream in the evening
That she brings me wine
Just a poor man's daughter
From Puerta Pinasco
South of the border
In old Mexico
Evangelina,I miss you so
I miss you so