Mexican Cowboy

Swinging in
 to old Fort Worth in 1883
 Some old Mexican cowboy
 come steppin' up to me
 Sayin' how are you young fella
 when would you like to go
 And spend another season with me in Mexico
 I had no employment
 back to him did say
 It's according to your wages
 According to your pay
 Said I'll pay you good wages
 and often too you now
 If you spend another season with me in Mexico
 I went up to this cowboy
 I offered him my hand
 But he gave a string of horses
 So old they couldn't stand
 How nearly starved to death boys
 I mean to let you know
 And I never saw a dollar in those hills of Mexico
 I got up 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 godforsaken fortune in those hills of Mexico