We're The Boys For Mexico.

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Song performed by: Joseph Trahey (vocals), Tara Dirst (banjo), and Matt Dotson (Recorder).
Recording engineer: Matt Dotson.

AIR. -- Yankee Doodle.

The Mexican's are doomed to fall,
God has in wrath forsook 'em,
And all their goods and chattels call
On us to go and hook 'em.
We're the boys for Mexico,
Sing Yankee Doodle Dandy,
Gold and silver images,
Plentiful and handy.

Churches grand, with altars rich,
Saints with diamond collars,
(That's the talk to understand,)
With lots of new bright dollars.
We're the boys for Mexico, &c.

The Mexicans have cut up high,
And we have let 'em do it,

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'Till they have got our "dander riz,"
And now they'll have to rue it.
We're the boys for Mexico, &c.

We'll have corps of Editors,
Each with a mighty bellows,
To strike a mortal terror in
Them tarnal Spanish fellows.
We're the boys for Mexico, &c.

And when we've laid aside our arms,
With nothing more to vex us,
We'll vote ourselves extensive farms,
Each one as big as Texas.
We're the boys for Mexico, &c.

And when our flag has been upheld,
And crushed lies each presumer,
We'll open "free and easy's" in
The "Halls of Montezumer."

Chorus. -- We're the boys for Mexico,
Sing Yankee Doodle Dandy,
Gold and silver images,
Plentiful and handy.