Spanish is the Loving Tongue Key: G Poem by Charles Badger Clark 1907 Music by Billy Simon 1925 Lyrics and Chords provided by Judy Muldawer For Educational Purposes Only Visit banjojudy.com for additional songs G G7 C C#dim Spanish is the lovin' tongue G A7 D7 Soft as springtime, light as spray G G7 C C#dim There was a girl I learned it from G D7 G Living down Son ora way D7 G Now I don't look much like a lover A7D7 Yet I say her love words o ver G G7 C C#dim Late at night when I'm all a lone G D7 G "Mi amor, mi cora zon" G G7 C C#dim There were nights when I would ride G A7 D7 She would listen for my spurs G G7 C C#dim Fling that big door open wide G D7 G Raise those laughing eyes of hers D7 G And how those hours would get to flyin' A7 D7 Pretty soon, I'd hear her cryin' G G7 C C#dim "Please don't leave me all a lone G D7 G Mi amor, mi cora zon" G G7 C C#dim Then one time I had to fly G A7 D7 I got into a foolish gamblin' fight G G7 C C#dim I had to say a swift good bye G D7 G In that black unlucky night D7 G And traveling north, her words kept ringing A7 D7 And every word I could hear her singing G G7 C C#dim "Please don't leave me all a lone G D7 G Mi amor, mi cora zon" D7 G Well, I ain't never seen her since that night A7 D7 I can't cross the line now G G7 C C#dim She was Mexican, and I was white G D7 G Like as not, it's better so D7 G And yet I've always sort of missed her A7 D7 Since that last wild night I kissed her G G7 C C#dim I left her heart, but I lost my own G D7 G "Mi amor, mi cora zon" G G7 C C#dim I left her heart, but I lost my own G D7 G "Mi amor, mi cora zon"