Verse 1
Juanito Was In Mexico In 1926
When Calles Closed The Churches And Ruled With Threats And Fists
In Guadalupe's Chosen Land That Outlawed Holy Mass
They Hounded Priests And Faithful Men And Thought The Faith Would Pass
They Fasted, Marched And Pleaded
But Calles' Answer Led
So Farmers And Working Men
Took Arms To Guard The Church Instead
Some Rode With Rusty Rifles
Some Had No Gun At All
They Took Their Arms From Federal Troops
Whenever They Would Fall
El Catorce Led With Courage
Gorostieta Made Them One
With Rosaries Beneath Their Shirts
They Faced The Federal Guns
Chorus
Viva Cristo Rey Let All The Pueblo Say
No President, No Firing Squad
Can Take Our King Away
Raise Guadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not Sway
For Christ Is Church And Mexico
Viva Cristo Rey
Verse 2
Juanito Spoke Of Miguel Pro
Brought Out Before The Wall
He Blessed The Men Who Aimed At Him
And Pardoned One And All
He Stretched His Arms
Just Like The Cross Looked Straight Into The Day
And Faced The Rifles With A Cry
Viva Cristo Rey
Young Jose Carried Their Flag
A Boy But Brave And True
They Cut His Feet And Made Him Walk
To Break The Faith He Knew
Deny Your Christ And You May Live
He Answered Through The Pain My Faith Is Not For Sale To You
Christ Lives And Christ Shall Reign
Chorus 2
They Led Him To The Graveyard
His Blood Upon The Clay
And With His Final Breath He Cried
Viva Cristo Rey
Verse 3
They Had Not Lost Upon The Field
Their Numbers Still Were Strong
Then Bishops Made Their Peace With Calles
And Told Them To Stand Down
The Churches Will Be Opened
The Mass Will Be Restored
So Trusting Those Who Spoke For Rome
They Laid Aside The Sword
But Freedom Never Followed
Though Bells Were Heard Again
They Hunted Priests And Captains Down
And Murdered Faithful Men
Viva Cristo Rey
Chorus
Let All The Pueblo Say
No President, No Firing Squad
Can Take Our King Away
Raise Guadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not Sway
For Christ, His Church And Mexico
Viva Cristo Rey
Verse 4
Juanito Is Gone, The Years Have Passed
The Rifles Now Have Ceased
Yet Faithful Catholics Now Are Named
A Disturbance To The Peace
And Priests And Princes Of The Church
Still Bow When Rulers Say
For Safety's Sake Close Every Door
Withhold The Rights Obeyed
They Troubled Priests Who Guarded The Mass
The Saints And Fathers Knew
While Error Walks Through Open Doors
And Speaks From Pulpits Too
The Fight Today Is Faithfulness
To Worship, Teach, And Stand
Protect The Mass, Defend The Creed
And Follow God, Not Man
Viva Cristo Rey
Chorus
Let All The Pueblo Say
No President, No Firing Squad
Can Take Our King Away
Raise Guadalupe's Banner
Stand Firm And Do Not Sway
For Christ, His Church And Mexico
Viva Cristo Rey
Outro
Though Churches Close And Shepherds Flee
The Faithful Still Shall Say
Christ Was Our Father's King And Ours
Viva Cristo Rey
Juanito Heard Mexico Shout It
Now We Must Shout It Too
Viva Cristo Rey.
