033 - The Plains of Mexico (B)

Santianna was very popular with whalers, and this version of this beautiful tune was sang to Stan Hugillby an old Norwegian whaler Captain Larsen of Magallanes (Punta Arenas).
This reconstruction will be singing as a pump shanty.
"Shanties from the Seven Seas" by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 84).



The Plains of Mexico (B)

In Mexico where the land lies low,
   - Hooraw, boys, hooraw ho!
Where there ain't no snow an' the whale fishes blow,
   - Heave away for the plains of Mexico

                   *2*
In Mexico so I've heard say,
There's many a charm' senorita gay,

                   *3*
Twas there I met a maiden fair,
Black as night was her raven hair.

                  *4*
Her name wuz Carmen so I'm told,
She wuz a Spanish senorita bold.

                  *5*
But she left me there, an' I did go
Far away from the plains of Mexico,

                  *6*
Them gals is fine with their long black hair;
They'll rob ye blind an' skin ye bare.

                  *7*
In Mexico I long to be,
With me tight-waisted gal all on me knee.

                  *8*
Them little brown gals I do adore,
I love 'em all, each sailor-robbin' whore.

                  *9*
In Mexico where I belong,
Them gals all sing this rousin' song.

                *10*
Why do them yaller gals love me so?
Because I don't tell 'em all I know.

                *11*
Them Dago gals ain't got no combs,
They comb their hair with whale-fish bones.

                *12*
When I wuz a young man in me prime,
I courted them yaller gals two at a time.

                *13*
Oh, Mexico, My Mexico,
where the wind don't blow.