from the 1908 show “The Red Moon”
words and music by Bob Cole
Lyrics
- Just beyond the Rio Grande on the road to Monteray
Near a beautiful lagoona where the birds sing night and day
I beheld a pretty maiden with a pair of roguish eyes
That enchanted me like starlight in the skies
When I asked the pretty maiden would she hop into my cart
I was going by-the-way, to the town of Monterey
She said yes and set beside me, it was then I lost my heart
On that balmyh winter’s day, on the road to Monterey
Chorus
On the road to Monterey down in sunny Mexico
Let me while the hours away as a gay Lothario
With a pair of dreamy eyes
Let me whisper little soft and tender sighs
Underneath the Pearly skies on the road to Monterey
- Oh, how well do I remember every glance and every smile
How my heart is kept a-bumping and a-thumping all the while
When that pretty Senorita gave to me a tiny kiss
How it filled my soul with such ecsthetic bliss
Still I thought I would forget her yet it seems I never will
And that balmy winter’s day, on the road to Monterey
And my fancy still recalls her in my heart I love her still
Though she’s many miles away, on the road to Monterey
Sung here by Fred Feild: