HOUSE BILL 389

49th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2009

INTRODUCED BY

Gloria C. Vaughn

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS; DECLARING A STATE COWBOY SONG.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. STATE COWBOY SONG.--The words and music of "Under New Mexico Skies", written by Syd Masters, are declared to be the official state cowboy song. The words of the state cowboy song are as follows:

          "(first verse)

          Where the Piñon Mesa rolls

          And the campfire cures your woes

          Watchin' the sly roadrunner flee

          On the tail of an autumn breeze

          I'm leanin' against a juniper bole

          As the creek water takes a stroll

(chorus)

          That's where you'll find me

          Where the big back country lies

          There the cowboy's free to ride

          Out under New Mexico skies

                (second verse)

          Where the lean jack hops along

          And the coyote sings his song

          Up high the rocky spires shade

          The sunny desert days

          I'm leanin' against adobe walls of old

          Their stories to be told

                (chorus)

          That's where you'll find me

          Where the big back country lies

          There the cowboy's free to ride

          Out under New Mexico skies

                (third verse)

          Just me and a covey of gamblin' quail

          Lopin' down the Turquoise Trail

                (chorus)

          That's where you'll find me

          Where the big back country lies

          There the cowboy's free to ride

          Out under New Mexico skies".

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