A Dance In Del Rio

A Dance In Del Rio


He poured the sand out of his boots
An' struck a trail due South
Searchin' for a brown eyed gal with
A pouty little mouth

He'd met her down in Del Rio
While makin' up this herd
They had a long conversation
But never spoke a word

It was a barn dance Friday night
He watched her dance with ease
He asked her for the next slow dance
She answered,"Pretty please?"

They danced them all that lovestruck night
The fiddles just for them
Was no doubt in the cowboy's mind
She was the one for him

An' then the sun came up that morn
An' marked that fateful dawn
She placed two fingers on his lips -
Of a sudden she was gone 

An' so he searched and searched in vain
But never did he see
That brown eyed gal from Del Rio
Whose groom he thought he'd be

The old man's eighty somethin' now
An' smiles at what life does
He thinks of that one memory
An' wonders who she was.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Smith Avatar
April 20, 2016 at 3:19 PM
I think I know that girl. Wait was that Del Rio or Acuna? It's been so long they all seem to run together. Good one Larry...
Bradfield Avatar
April 21, 2016 at 8:28 AM
Mine too..went to college in El Paso..so much to learn!
Smith Avatar
April 20, 2016 at 9:45 PM
I'm sorry to have to admit that a lot of my youth was lost south of the border mixed in with a few life lessons found.
Bradfield Avatar
April 20, 2016 at 9:33 PM
Aha...I see you have first hand experience with Villa Acuna...Are you a Texan by chance...if not, a trip across te border at Del Rio will at least make you an Honorary Texan!!
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