<P> `` Pancho and Lefty '' is a song written by country music artist Townes Van Zandt . Often considered his `` most enduring and well - known song , '' Van Zandt first recorded it for his 1972 album The Late Great Townes Van Zandt . </P>
<P> `` Pancho and Lefty '' is a song written by country music artist Townes Van Zandt . Often considered his `` most enduring and well - known song , '' Van Zandt first recorded it for his 1972 album The Late Great Townes Van Zandt . </P>
what year did pancho and lefty come out
what year did pancho and lefty come out
1972
1972