Peter LaFarge - Trail to mexico (Songs Of The Cowboys/Iron Mountain & Other Songs album) video free download

A classic trail song of the cowboys, dramatic, true and slightly glamorizer by his own inclination. A.J. Stinson was one of the early great cattle barons.

It was in the Spring of '83,

That A.J. Stinson said to me,

"I say young man, I want you to go,

And follow this herd down to Mexico."

It was in the merry montho of May,

Istarted for Texas far away,

Through rain and snow twas a lonsome go,

As the herd rolled on down to Mexico.

It was in the springtime of the year,

We started out to drive them steers,

I left my darlin' gal behind,

She said, "Sweetheart, you're only mine."

Her caress was soft, and her kiss was sweet,

Sayin' let's get married next time we meet,

Through rain and snow twas a lnesome go,

As the herd rolled on down to Mexico.

When I arrived in Mexico,

I wanted my girl but I could not go,

So I sent a letter to my dear,

But not a word for a year did I hear.

Well, I started back to my once loved home,

I asked for the gal I'd called my own,

They said she'd married a richer life,

Therefore, wild cowboy, find another wife.

Oh, Buddy, oh Buddy, Please stay at home,

Don't be forever on the roam,

There's many a gal more true than I,

So pray don't go where the bullets fly.

Well, damn your gold and the bullets too,

God pitty a woman who can't prove true,

I'm a-headin' back where the bullets fly,

And stay on the trail till the day I die.