La Escalera Rancho (Larry W Jones 10/02/2019) (song #7633)
Randa Jean heard him singing Cielito Lindo
Before his gentle pony reached the big corral
Gerald rode through La Escalera chaparral
Every evening when the day was about twilight
Gerald and Randa Jean started out together
A young vaquero with his bride whom he loved so
In a cabin on La Escalera Rancho
Gerald caught the scent of warm manzana cobbler
As soon as he rounded the narrow canyon rim
He felt just as warm inside and often wondered
What the lovely Randa Jean ever saw in him
For Randa had dreamed of city life and mansions
A moneyed life with fancy clothes and stylish bows
But she chose Gerald’s La Escalera Rancho
Gerald and Randa Jean never made good money
But they both worked the land while happy just the same
She called him querido and she was sweet miel
And Randa Jean was proud to share the Lyda name
All their ninos and ninas grew up and prospered
They moved away from La Escalera Rancho
From the small cabin on the ranch that would see fame
When dust bowl days would blow sand in the summer wind
It sounded just like wild coyotes with no end
Those days drew them ever closer as the weather
Brought them together as lovers and best of friends
Years passed by and after fifty as man and wife
They were still there on La Escalera Rancho
And after all those years of matrimonio
All we ninos and ninas faced our saddest test
We said goodbye to beloved dad Gerald Monday
As we laid him away in his best Sunday vest
Mama Randa Jean would live on a few more years
And we recalled all their hard and good times with tears
Living in a cabin on La Escalera Rancho
Gerald and Randa Jean never made good money
But they both worked the land while happy just the same
She called him querido and she was sweet miel
And Randa Jean was proud to share the Lyda name
All their ninos and ninas grew up and prospered
They moved away from La Escalera Rancho
From the small cabin on the ranch that would see fame
Gerald and Randa Jean never made good money
But they both worked the land while happy just the same
She called him querido and she was sweet miel
And Randa Jean was proud to share the Lyda name
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