The last time I saw her she's standin' alone

In the door of her tumbled down shack

On the edge of Tascosa she's waited for years

But Micky her love can't come back



Micky had died back in nineteen and twelve

But Frenchie had made him a vow

She's stay in Tascosa as long as she lived

It was tough, but she made it somehow



And Frenchie McCormick was true to her word

She never left Micky alone

She stayed in that rotten old tumbled down shack

By the edge of the Tascosa road



And the northern winds blew cross the Panhandle Plains

The winters were bitter and cold

But she wouldn't move was determined to keep

A promise she'd made long ago



She came to Tascosa from somewhere back east

A charming and pretty young lass

She called herself Frenchie that's all that we know

Cause she never spoke of her past



And Micky a bar keep a handsome young lad

Was as dashing a man as you'd find

He hired the young beauty they soon fell in love

And were married in just a short time



And Frenchie McCormick was true to her word

She never left Micky alone

She stayed in that rotten old tumbled down shack

At the edge of the Tascosa road



And the northern winds blew cross the Panhandle Plains

The winters were bitter and cold

But she wouldn't move was determined to keep

A promise she'd made long ago



She visited Micky most every day

We'll come back without her this time

In a solemn procession we trudge up the hill

Six boys and a coffin of pine



Yes she kept her promise she stayed till she died

The stuff that romance is made of

On a small wind blown hill over lookin' the town

She lies beside Micky her love



And Frenchie McCormick was true to her word

She never left Micky alone

She stayed in that rotten old tumbled down shack

By the edge of the Tascosa road



And the northern winds blew cross the Panhandle Plains

The winters were bitter and cold

But she wouldn't move was determined to keep

A promise she'd made long ago



And Frenchie McCormick was true to her word

She never left Micky alone

She didn't move was determined to keep

A promise that's thirty years old