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Posted By: GUEST,#
13-Jun-15 - 11:28 PM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Mission San Miguel
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Mission San Miguel
"There was a spoof of the Kingston trio's song san miguel who ever did it the limeliters sang she called me a wetback and threatened to send me away who were they and where can you find the lyrics?
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Answer by William Sadler CONFIDENCE VOTES 5
this was probably the only
song on my mom & dad's vinyl i played as much as "wooly bully" and "the
pink panther theme".
Down by the Mission San Miguel
Is a great house wherein dwell
Don Carlos and La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell...
I work at the ranch, I hold her chair,
I carry her books, boxes, her galoshes, her overcoat, the garbage can...
She sa-a-a-ys,
"Hi there, Manuel.
"Got a match, por favor?"
Or "Don't drop anything.
"You'll get fired, ha ha."
I work at the ranch, I work without pay.
She calls me a wetback and threatens to send me away.
She sa-a-a-ys,
"Where's your passport, Manuel?
"You don't have one, do you?
Or "Manuel, brush your teeth
"Or stand the hell down wind."
But I read in her eyes, what her heart seems to say.
It sa-a-a-ys,
"Get lost, Manuel."
I don't like the ranch, I don't like the work.
I don't like Don Carlos, Maria or none of those jerks.
They sa-a-a-ay,
"To the stables, Manuel,
"And Manuel, hurry up.
"To the stables, Manuel.
"There is work piling up."
To add to the fray over this:
It is my understanding that Dave Guard actually wrote the spoof, much to the dismay of Jane Bowers, who wrote the original.
The spoof was recorded by the brothers Four as "summertime"."
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I know nothing at all about this spoof/parody or the song it was based on. I can attest to nothing in this post except to say that's all I could find.