The Rose Of San Joaquin

Jim Allen
The Rose of San Joaquin
Oceanside, CA.
6/7/12

I'll miss the sun on the Sierra Nevada
adobe moon on the rise
shining down on my love in Madera
shining into her dark Spanish eyes
oh she taught me those Mexican love songs
"Volver, Volver" in my dreams
and I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
caught somewhere between
the road and the Rose of San Joaquin
--Tom Russell