Lyrics

Working the day away in Sonora

Breaking the horses we ride

Feet in the stirrups, tight in the saddle

We ride up the mountain side

Taking the payroll to the silvermine

Wearing a six gun on my side

And now we must cross the Rio Yaqui
As the sun is on the rise
It’s many hard miles to Esperanza
And another sleepless night

Taking the payroll to the silvermine

Me and my brother we ride

Silvermine payroll, we ride we ride we ride

Is what I carry just a good man’s pay
Or silver that’ll take him down
It’s a heavy load and the rain falls hard
As we roll into town

Taking the payroll to the silvermine

Wearing a six gun on my side

Taking the payroll to the silvermine

Me and my brother we ride

Silvermine payroll, we ride we ride we ride