Hills of Mexico

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Gob Iron

Gob Iron is an American musical group officially formed in 2006. It consists of Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Varnaline's Anders Parker. Their debut album, Death Songs For The Living was released on October 31, 2006 by Transmit Sound/Legacy Recordings. Their name comes from a British slang term for a harmonica. more »

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Come on you old time ramblers 
and listen to my song
Please do not grow weary, 
I'll not detain you long
Concerning some wild cowboys 
who did agree to go
Spend a summer pleasant on 
the trail of the buffalo

Found myself drifting 
in the spring of 83
When a well-known famous drover 
came a walkin' up to me
Said How you do young fella? 
Well, how'd you like to go
Spend a summer pleasant on 
the trail of the buffalo?

Well I being out of work right then 
to the drover I did say
Going out on the buffalo road 
depends upon your pay
Well if you pay good wages, 
transportation to and fro
Think I might go with you on 
the hunt of the buffalo

Of course I'll pay good wages 
and transportation too
If you agree to work for me 
until the season's through
But if you do get homesick and 
try and run away
You'll starve to death out on the plain 
and also lose your pay

With all his flattery talking, 
he signed up quite a train
Ten or twelve in number 
of able-bodied men
Our trip it was a pleasant one 
as we hit the westward road
Till we crossed through that 
old border town to the hills of Mexico

There our pleasures ended 
and our troubles all began
A lightning storm did hit us 
and made the cattle run
Got all full of stickers from 
the cactus that did grow
Outlaws waiting to pick us off 
in the hills of Mexico

Well our working season ended and 
the drover would not pay
You all drank too much, 
you're all in debt to me
But the cowboys had not heard of 
such a bankrupt law
So we left that drover's bones to bleed 
in the hills of Mexico

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