Cat. #0389 (MFH #99) - As sung by Dessie Harriman, Japton, Arkansas on August 19, 1959
VERSE 1
It was in th year of eighty-three
When T. H. Stands, so he hired me
He said, young man, I want you to go
An' follow my herd to Mexico
VERSE 2
It was early in th year
When I volunteered to herd those steers
I'll tell you boys, it was a lonesome ole go
As th herd rolled on, to Mexico
VERSE 3
When I arrived, in Mexico
I wan'a t' see my girl, but I could'nt go
I wrote a letter, to my dear
But not a word could I ever hear
VERSE 4
I started back, to my once't loved home
Inquired for th girl that I adored
She said, young man, you'd had to change your life
She said, young man, you can seek another wife
VERSE 5
Go curse th gold and silver too
An' curse th girl who won't be true
I'll go right back to th Rio Grande
An' get me a job with a cowboy band
VERSE 6
O buddy, ole buddy, please don't go
Don't forever be a roam
If you know girls more truer than I
Please don't go back where th bullets fly
VERSE 7
I know girls more truer than you
I know girls who will be true
But I'll go right back where th bullets fly
An' follow th cow trails till I die