Mrrzy - well here I am with (as usual) that Clancys/Makem version - rather different in focus from some others - perhaps arranged & adapted by Liam?? :)

from www.liamclancy.com)


Santy Anna gained the day
Away Santy Anno
Santy Anna gained the day
All on the plains of Mexico

Mexico, oh Mexico
Away Santy Anno
Mexico is a place I know
All on the plains of Mexico

Them yaller girls I do adore
Away Santy Anno
With their shinin' eyes and their coal-black hair
All on the plains of Mexico

Why do them yaller girls love me so
Away Santy Anno
Because I won't tell them all I know
All on the plains of Mexico

Them Liverpool girls don't use no combs
Away Santy Anno
They combs their hair with a kipper backbone
All on the plains of Mexico

When I was a young man in me prime
Away Santy Anno
I knocked them scouse girls two at a time
All on the plains of Mexico

Times is hard and the wages low
Away Santy Anno
It's time for us to roll and go
All on the plains of Mexico

Mexico, oh Mexico
Away Santy Anno
Mexico is a place I know
All on the plains of Mexico


The Newfoundland group Great Big Sea does a wonderful "General Taylor" -- except that after acknowledging that "General Taylor gained the day", the entire song is about burying the poor man! Great shanty though.