I lingered down in
Mexico and met a señorita there
Who wore the silver bells,
bright shining silver bells
That chimed as we danced,
they seemed to say I love you so
As we were dancing to and fro
beneath the candle glow
That starlit night when we
found romance
Now the love light was
shining in her
Spanish eyes
Spelling paradise, I spotted all the ties
Come next day I stout,
I swore that we would meet again
Knowing there and then
I'd never return
And now I live in memory,
though it's much too late to change the foolish part I played,
To leave my brown -eyed
Ned with silver bells.
I lingered down in
Mexico and met a senorita there who wore their silver bells,
bright shining silver bells, that chimed as we danced.
They seemed to say, I love you so,
as we were dancing to and fro beneath the candle glow.
That starlit night when we
found ro mance
Now the love light was
shining in her
Spanish eyes
Spelling paradise,
I spotted all with eyes
Come next fiesta I swore that
we would meet again
Knowing there and then I'd never return
I now live in memory, and though it's much too late to change a foolish part,
I played dirty my brown -eyed midwest silver bell.