<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>
who wrote the ballad of pancho and lefty
who wrote the ballad of pancho and lefty
Townes Van Zandt
Townes Van Zandt