DEPORTEE
As recorded by Ken Pomeroy
(2026 release)
Capo 2nd fret
Intro
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Verse 1
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The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting
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The oranges are filed in their creosote dumps
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They′re flying 'em back to the Mexican border
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To take all their money to wade back again
Chorus
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Goodbye my Juan, goodbye Roselita
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Adios mes amigos, Jesus e Maria
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You won′t have a name when you ride the big airplane
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All they will call you will be deportees
Verse 2
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My father's own father, he waded that river
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They took all the money he made in his life
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My brothers and sisters they work in your fruit trees
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They rode the big truck 'till they laid down and died
Chorus
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Goodbye my Juan, goodbye Roselita
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Adios mes amigos, Jesus e Maria
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You won′t have a name when you ride the big airplane
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All they will call you will be deportees
Interlude
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Verse 3
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The skyplane went down over Los Gatos Canyon
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The fireball of lightning has shook all our hills
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Who are these friends who are falling like dry leaves?
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The radio said, "They were just deportees"
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The radio said, "They were just deportees"
[Out-Chorus]
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Goodbye my Juan, goodbye Roselita
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Adios mes amigos, Jesus e Maria
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You won′t have a name when you ride the big airplane
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All they will call you will be deportees
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All they will call you will be deportees
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All they will call you will be deportees
