ACROSS THE BORDER

ACROSS THE BORDER

ACROSS THE BORDER FROM OLD SAN ANTONE,

LIVES A LOVELY WOMAN, SHE IS ALL ALONE.

THE BLACKEST OF HAIR AND BLACKEST OF EYES,

HER SKIN IS CREAMY, HER FIGURE IS FINE.

SHE'S LIVING ACROSS FROM OLD SAN ANTONE,

AND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE LEFT HER ALONE.

NO ONE KNOWS THE HEARTACHE SHE FEELS

AND THE HURT SHE HAS KNOWN.

SHE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE REFUSED

TO MAKE HER HIS WIFE. YET SHE STILL LOVES HIM,

ALWAYS SHALL, I GUESS, UNLESS SOMEONE MORE

WONDROUS CROSSES HER PATH.

ONE DAY THIS HAPPENS, A YOUNG MAN IS THERE,

KNOCKING ON HER DOOR AND SHE ANSWERS WITH CARE.

HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS HER NEW NEIGHBOR, RAMON,

AND SHE SENSES THAT SHE SHALL NOT BE SO ALONE.

TIME PASSES BY AND A GREAT LOVE DOES ARISE,

BETWEEN JUANITA AND RAMON, AND HOW TIME

DOES FLY. FOR THEIR LOVE IS FOREVER AND EVER,

YOU SEE, FOR HE TRULY LOVES HER, AND THAT IS

JUST WHAT SHE NEEDS.

WITH HIS GREAT LOVE, HER BEAUTY DID GROW

AND IT WAS NOTICED BY ALL. THE LOVERS

DESIRED TO BE MARRIED BY FALL.

THE PRIEST PERFORMED THE WEDDING, AND I SAW HOW

THEY SHALL ADORE AND LOVE EACH OTHER FOREVERMORE.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, OLD, SPANISH LACE GOWN SHE WORE.