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'''Pancho and Lefty''' is a country song, originally written by Townes Van Zandt. The best-known version is a duo by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (Nelson sings the first two verses and the chorus, Haggard the third verse).
Though commonly believed to be a tale about the notorious Mexican outlaw [[Pancho Villa]], Van Zandt claims that is not the case.
The song tells of a criminal duo: Mexican national Pancho and his partner, Lefty, an American. The chorus mentions that the ''federales'' (Mexican police) repeatedly claim that they could have captured Pancho whenever they wanted, but didn't "out of kindness, I suppose". Eventually, Pancho is killed by the ''federales'' and Lefty returns to America (unexpectedly coming into a sum of money allowing him to do so; it is implied that Lefty sold out Pancho for reward money, then bribed the ''federales'' into letting him leave Mexico); Lefty is now growing old, living in cheap motels in [[Cleveland]].
[[Category:Country Songs]]
Though commonly believed to be a tale about the notorious Mexican outlaw [[Pancho Villa]], Van Zandt claims that is not the case.
The song tells of a criminal duo: Mexican national Pancho and his partner, Lefty, an American. The chorus mentions that the ''federales'' (Mexican police) repeatedly claim that they could have captured Pancho whenever they wanted, but didn't "out of kindness, I suppose". Eventually, Pancho is killed by the ''federales'' and Lefty returns to America (unexpectedly coming into a sum of money allowing him to do so; it is implied that Lefty sold out Pancho for reward money, then bribed the ''federales'' into letting him leave Mexico); Lefty is now growing old, living in cheap motels in [[Cleveland]].
[[Category:Country Songs]]