Sisters tell your brothers
And mamas warn your men
To keep a heart from breakin' in Abilene again
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean
As darlin' Esmeralda, the j**el of Abilene.
Eyes that shone like emeralds and lips so ruby red
She cut me like a diamond and shimmered as I bled
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean
As darlin' Esmeralda, the j**el of Abilene.
Alabaster shoulders and curls of river gold
They decorate the maiden
With the heart as black as coal.