Sister's tell Brother's and Mamma's warn your Men To keep a heart from breaking in Abilene again There never was a lady so lovely and so mean As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene Eyes that shown like emeralds and lips so Ruby Red She cut me cut me like the diamond and shimmered as I bled There never was a lady so lovely and so mean As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene Alabaster shoulders and curls of river gold They decorate the maiden with the heart as black as coal-oal hoo hoo hooooaah, ooh ooh oohdooodoo hoo hoo hooooaah, ooh ooh oohdooodoo Alabaster shoulders and curls of river gold They decorate the maiden with the heart as black as coal-oal So Sister's tell Brother's and Mamma's warn your Men To keep a heart from breaking in Abilene again There never was a lady so lovely and so mean As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene Oh my darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abileneeeene hee