paroles de chanson South Coast - Doc Watson

My name is Juanano de Castro
My father's a Spanish Grandee
But I won my young wife in a card game
To devil with those lords o'er the sea
(...)
One night i gambled up in Jolan
With (?) captain named Juan
And after I'd taken his money
I staked all against his daughter Dawn
(...)
And the South Coast is so wild and lonely
Though you might win in a game at Cholon
But a lion still rules the Barranca
And a man there is always alone
(...)
I picked up the ace... and I'd won her
And my heart... it fell down to the feet
But it sprang to my throat the next moment
Like a young summer's day she was sweet
(...)
He opened the door to the kitchen
And he called the girl out with a curse
He said "Take her, Goddamn her, you've won her
You've got her for better or worse"
(...)
And the South Coast is so wild and lonely
Though you might win in a game at Cholon
But a lion still rules the Barranca
And a man there is always alone
(...)
Her little arms soon tightened around me
As we rode down the hill to the south
But not a word did I hear from her that day
Nor a kiss from her pretty young mouth
(...)
That year was a good happy winter
As we carved on a cradle of pine
By the fire in our new builded shanty
And I sang with that sweet wife of mine
(...)
But then one night I got hurt in a landslide
I got a crushed hip and twice broken bones
The little dawn saddled her pony like lightning
Then she rode off for the doctor up in Cholon
(...)
But the lion screamed in the Barranca
Buck, he bolted and he fell on his side
My young wife lay dead in the moonlight
That night my heart died with my bride
(...)
The South Coast is so wild and lonely
Though you might win in a game at Cholon
But a lion still rules the Barranca
And a man there is always alone
(End.)