It is interesting to note that the leading exponent of conjunto (often called Tejano and less correctly Tex-Mex) music, Flaco Jimenez, traces the style to the mid-19th century German immigrants to northeastern Mexico (it should be added, to Texas as well) and their waltzes and polkas. Flaco Jimenez

Some Texas folk songs with Irish backgrounds may be found in William A. Owens, 1950, "Texas Folk Songs," The Texas Folklore Series, University Press, Dallas. (mostly grouped under British ballads).