Back in the innocent days there was a young Cowboy Who was in love with a Mexican girl Only she didn't know it And he would watch her when she walked back In the cotton dress which danced in the wind And her eyes held the stars Now, she was the most beautiful thing That cowboy had ever seen Sent down straight from heaven But he was afraid he would never win her heart 'Cause of some family scars left by the range wars But oww how he loved her Senorita passing by Pardon me if i stop and ask you why Senorita could it be Someone like you could love someone like me So he walked up to her Tipped his hat and introduced himself And she looked up at him and didn't know what to say So he told her the story of his family The trouble that brought the barbed wire And all the things that he could'nt change And then he told her that he loved her And studied her reaction And by the time the spring rains came They were married And there's an ol' song that my family used to sing 'Bout a young cowboy and a mexican girl How they fell in love Senorita passing by Pardon me if i stop and ask you why Senorita could it be Someone like you could love someone like me Senorita passing by Pardon me if i stop and ask you why Senorita could it be Someone like you could love someone like Someone like you could love someone like me