Mexican Cowboy (Hills of Mexico)

Willie Watson
The Bluegrass Situation 04/21/14 version

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When I was in old Fort Worth in eighteen and and eighty-three,

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I saw a Mexican cowboy come steppin' up to me,

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sayin' "How are you, young fella, and would you like to go,

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and to spend another season with me in Mexico?"

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I had no employment, and back to him did say

"It's according to your wages, according to your pay."
He said "I'll pay you good wages, and often too, you know,
if you spend another season with me in Mexico."

I went up to this cowboy and offered him my hand,

But he gave a string of horses so old they couldn't stand,
and I nearly starved to death, boys, I mean to let you know,
and I never saved a dollar in those hills of Mexico.

I started out on that steamboat and back to home did go.

How them bells they did ring, those whistles did blow.
How them bells they did ring, those whistles did blow,
on that god forsaken fortune neath those hills of Mexico.