Down by the old oak tree.
Down by the mission, down by the fountain
Where my love told me.
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There's a web like a spider's web
Made of silver light and shadow
Spun by the moon in my room at night
It's a web made to catch a dream
Hold it tight till I awaken
As if to tell me that dream is all right.
I met a stranger, his name was Danger
We rode side by side.
Way down in Santa Fe, I killed a man they say
Danger told me ride
Chorus
Now if I return, they will hang me
High from the old oak tree
Down by the mission, down by the fountain
Where my love told me.
Chorus
