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"Spanish is the Loving Tongue" is a song based on the poem "A Border Affair" written by Charles Badger Clark in 1907. Clark was a cowboy poet who lived throughout the American West, and was named the Poet Laureate of South Dakota in 1937. The poem was set to music in 1925 by Billy Simon. [1]

Over the years, the song was recorded by many top recording artists, including Bob Dylan, Darrell Scott, Ian and Sylvia, [2] Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, [3] Marianne Faithfull, Strawbs, Emmylou Harris, The Hootenanny Singers (in an arrangement by Björn Ulvaeus), Bill Staines, [4] Michael Martin Murphey and The Chad Mitchell Trio (under the name "Adios, mi Corazon").

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References

  1. "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue". secondhandsongs. Retrieved 2020-04-20. This work is often misattributed as "traditional". The poem was originally published as "A Border Affair" in the June 1907 issue of "Pacific Monthly". It was republished in 1915 by Chapman & Grimes as part of a compilation of Clark's works entitled "Sun and Saddle Leather".
  2. "Spanish Is a Loving Tongue Lyrics". Lyrics.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  3. "Judy Collins Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" . Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. "Spanish Is a Loving Tongue - Bill Staines". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-03-26. Album - Just Play One More