The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6370   Message #383467
Posted By: Melani
27-Jan-01 - 01:43 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
Subject: RE: The Ballad of Pancho and Lefty
The Seven Boy Heroes, if I'm not mistaken, were very young military cadets who died defending Chapultepec Castle from the U.S. Marines during the Mexican War. (The Halls of Monteczuma) I think they did something like jump off the top wrapped in the Mexican flag to keep the enemy from getting it. There is a street in just about every town in Mexico called The Seven Boy Heroes.