Diablos: these soldiers waste the powder
and shot I could use for taking game, deer
And antelope, I could use to scare wolves
From my sheep in the high winter pasture,
And these drag the santos from the mission,
San Jose, Santa Barbara, San Luis,
San Francisco de Assis, and shoot them;
So they think the santos only of wood,
Only there to waste their shot and show their
Bad aim? The santos will tell them,
When they die, they were better off giving
Their powder to Francisco Ayala,
Their shot to Pancho Ayala, than stand
And try to hurt the ones who welcome you
To paradise.
-- Kevin P. Roddy