Down By The Mission San Miguel 
Is A Great House wherein Dwell 
Don Carlos And La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell.

I Work At The Ranch. 
I Saddle Her Mare. 
I Ride With The Gun 
Behind As She Visits Her Friends Here And There.
She Says, Thank You, Manuel, 
Or, Manuel, Por Favor, 
Or Good  Ev'ning, Manuel, 
La Dona Maria Elena Cantrell.

I Dream Of The Mission San Miguel And It Says To Me, 
The Mission Bell, She Is Married, Manuel, 
The Wife Of The Rancher, Don Carlos Cantrell.

You Serve At The Ranch. 
You Hold Her Chair. 
You Carry Her Boxes, 
Trunks, Letters, And Books Here And There.

But I hear with my heart
What she says with her eyes
With, Good Evening, Manuel, 
Or Manuel, Por Favor,
Or, The Carriage, Manuel, 
Or Manuel, Close The Door.
Manuel, close the door

