Les Humphries Singers -Mexico 1972 Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico In 1580 we sailed our little ship around the coast Of Acrica down the Gaza strip. We took some salty bacon and a hammock for a bed. Then we mixed it with the Spaniards in the middle of the Med. Well we hired our funds Saw the pretty girls a comin’. There wasn’t quite as many as there was a while ago We hired some more and then we started runnin’ All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico Well Francis Drake said if you really want a fight The best thing is to catch them in the middle of the night. We hoisted anchor and powdered up the gun Then we sailed around in circles and just waited for the fun. Well we hired our funds Saw the pretty girls a comin’. There wasn’t quite as many as there was a while ago We hired some more and then we started runnin’ All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico yeah yeah yeah Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico M – E – X – I – C – O Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico Well cannon balls flew and the ship began to sink the water started risin’ so we really had to think. And then by chance stood a man as black as coal So we grabbed him by the trousers and we plugged him in the hole So we hired our funds Saw the pretty girls a comin’. There wasn’t quite as many as there was a while ago We hired some more and then we started runnin’ All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico …