I mean they keep finding me originals or covers I've never heard of, and when looking into it, sometimes I find surprising things, like the fact that this, what I would call the definitive version of the song, is a cover.

youtu.be/UoKvUYbGu7A

Apparently it was originally written by Townes Van Zandt and released on his 1972 album, and over by Emmylou Harris, the version I was introduced to today, and others, with this version obviously being the best known. And technically it's not about Pancho Villa, that's just a coincidence according to Townes, in fact the original spelling was Poncho and Lefty, with different printings of the Nelson & Haggard version having different spellings, sometimes with differences between the record, record sleeve and liner notes.

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