La Primera lyrics

It was a long hard voyage to the Americas

In 1493

I was afraid that I would die of thirst

The little mare beside me died

And was put into the sea, but I survied

I swam to shore, I am La Primera

When Cortes sailed from Mexico

From that island in the sun

There were 16 of us,

Sorrels, blacks and bays.

One of them was my first born

He was called the 'Coyote Dun'

He served well the conquered of Mexico

I am a drinker of the wind

I am the one who never tires

I love my freedom more than all these things

The Conquistador, Comanche and the Cowboy

I carried them to glory

I am La Primera- Spanish mustang

Hear my story

The Comanches were holy terrors

When they climbed upon our backs

When the grass was high

They would raid for a thousand miles

But the Texans had revolvers

When they returned from the war

The buffalo had gone away

The Comanche moon was waning

So it's come along boys and listen to my tale

We are following the longhorn cow

Going up Mister Goodnite's trail you see

Those cowboys were kind to us

We listen to their sad songs

All the way to the far Saskatchewan

I am a drinker of the wind

I am the one who never tires

I love my freedom more than all these things

The Conquistador, Comanche and the Cowboy

I carried them to glory

I am La Primera- Spanish mustang

Hear my story

High in the Pryor Mountains

First light of dawn

Coyote Dun walks beneth the morning Star

He became an outlaw and his blood was

Watered some, but the flame still burns

Into the new millennium

I am a drinker of the wind

I am the one who never tires

I love my freedom more than all these things

The Conquistador, Comanche and the Cowboy

I carried them to glory

I am La Primera- Spanish mustang

Hear my story

La Primera- Spanish mustang

Hear my story...

• Artist:Ian Tyson
• Album:Lost Herd (1999)