The early 1973 big hit for post Eric Burdon’s War, and a continuous radio stations playing favorite. Peaked at NO. 2 in the charts. Based on a 50’s TV show title – the story of a Mexican cowboy.
From their very successful album The World is a Ghetto, which displayed well the vocal and instrumental...
[Intro]
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine
We met down on the fort of Rio Grande
We met down on the fort of Rio Grande
Eat the salted peanuts out of can
Eat the salted peanuts out the can
The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort
The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort
Cisco came in blastin', drinkin' port
Cisco came in blastin', drinkin' port
[Bridge]
They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel
They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel
Chased a gringo last night through a field
Chased a gringo last night through a field
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
[Bridge]
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
[Outro]
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh...
The Cisco Kid was written by Papa Dee Allen & Charles Miller & Harold Brown & B. B. Dickerson & Howard Scott & Lee Oskar & Lonnie Jordan.
The Cisco Kid was produced by Jerry Goldstein & Lonnie Jordan & Howard Scott.