Back in the innocent days there was a young cowboy 
Who was in love with a Mexican girl
Only she didn't know it
And he would watch her if she walked by
In the cotton dress which dance in the wind
And her eyes held the stars
Now, she was the most beautiful thing 
That cowboy had ever seen
Sent down straight from heaven
But he was afraid he would never win her heart
'Cause of some family scars left by the range wars
But oh, how he loved her

Senoritra passing by
Pardon me if I stop and ask you why
Senorita could it be 
Someone like you could love someone like me?

So he walked up to her 
Tipped his hat and introduced himself
And she looked up at him and didn't know what to say
So he told her the story of his family
The trouble that brought the barbed wire
And all the things that he couldn't change
And then he told her that he loved her
And he studied her reaction
And by the time the spring rains came
They were married
And there's an old song that my family used to sing
'Bout a young cowboy and a mexican girl
How they fell in love

Senorita passing by
Pardon me if I stop and ask you why
Senorita could it be 
Someone like you could love someone like me? 

Senoritra passing by
Pardon me if I stop and ask you why
Senorita could it be 
Someone like you could love someone like
Someone like you could love someone like me?