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OUT IN NEW MEXICO 
Recorded by: Johnny Horton
Writer: Johnny Horton

[D] It was in the town of Griffin
In the [A] year of [D] '83
(stays in D until last line)
It was there an old cow-puncher
Stepped up and said to me
How do you do, young fellow
And how would you like to go
And spend a pleasant summer
Out [A7] in New Mexi-[D] co?

I'll furnish you good wages
Your transportation, too
If you will but go with me
One summer season's thru
But if you grow homesick
And back to Griffin go
I'll furnish you no horses
From the hills of Mexico.

Well, we left the town of Griffin
In the merry month of May When ev'rything seemed lovely And ev'rything seemed gay With saddles on our horses Marching onward, we did go Until we reached Old Boggy Out in New Mexico. It was there our pleasures ended And our troubles, they began Oh! the first hailstorm came on us Oh! how those cattle ran Thru all kinds of thorns and thistles The cowboys had to go While the indians watched upon us Out in New Mexico. And when the drive was over The rider would not pay To all you good-lookin' people This much I have to say Go back to your friends and loved ones Tell others not to go To the God-forsaken country They call New Mexico. SOURCE: JOHNNY HORTON/12 GREAT PERFORMANCES Columbia Records CS-2299