Out In New Mexico Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Out In New Mexico
Written and recorded by Johnny Horton
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It was in the town of Griffin
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in the year of '8
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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
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in New Mexi
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I'll furnish you good wages your
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transportation
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too
If you will but go with me one summer season's through
But if you grow homesick and back to Griffin go
I'll furnish you no horses from the
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hills of Mexi
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Well we left the town of Griffin in the
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merry month of
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When everything seemed lovely and everything seemed gay
With saddles on our horses marching onward we did go
Until we reached Old Boggy out
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in New Mexi
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It was there our pleasures ended and our
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troubles they
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began
Oh the first hailstorm came on us oh how those cattle ran
Through all kinds of thorns and thistles the cowboys had to go
While the Indians watched upon us out
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in New Mexi
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And when the drive was over the
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rider would not
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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
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call New Mexi
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Out In New Mexico?
- The song Out In New Mexico was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
