Hank Snow The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe Lyrics

The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe Lyrics

Written by Leiber - Stoller - Wheeler

Recorded by Hank Snow



The cowboy was drunk and braggin'

He told her he had a wagon

A wagon filled up with gold that he'd stole 

And then covered all over with hay

She cried when she learned what he'd done that day

The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank 

At Santa Fe and got away 



Please take it all back she pleaded

Said his love was all she needed

But he said, "I only did it for you

So don't you look at me that way." 

Because she loved him so, she said okay

The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank 

At Santa Fe and got away 



But that night while she lay in the arms of her man

He talked in his sleep and she discovered his plan

He talked in his sleep and gave himself away

When he talked of another girl waiting in San Jose

With the same loving hands that thrilled him

She picked up his gun and killed him

She killed him and threw his gold dust all over his body

Right there where it lay

She was the only mourner there that prayed

The girl who shot the man who robbed the bank 

At Santa Fe and got away