Ava Maria Morales

A long time ago in the small border town of Nogales There lived a beautiful Mexican girl named Ava Maria Morales Her dark hair would glisten and shine when touched by the sun And she loved a cowboy that told her he worked on a ranch just outside of Tucson Diamonds he gave to her caused many people to say How could he give her such diamonds as these on thirty a month cowboy pay She paid no attention to what they said or what they did Cause she never doubted he worked on a ranch out of Tucson just like he said Then to Nogales one morning came ridin' a stranger He wore a badge on the front of his vest the new one in town was a ranger And he showed some pictures of outlaws and bandits he chased And one of the pictures caused Ava Maria to turn with fear on her face Ava Maria it's true what they said Your cowboy's an outlaw with a price on his head