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New Mexico State Ballad
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About the New Mexico State Ballad
“A ballad titled “The Land of Enchantment” by songwriter and Taos resident Michael Martin Murphey was named New Mexico’s “official state ballad” in 1989. The legislature finally adopted “The Land of Enchantment” as the state nickname in 1999.”New Mexico Sunset with a Glipse of the Rio Grande. Image courtesy Pat Doyle.
Source: New Mexico Legislature
Image License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Land of Enchantment – New Mexico Lyrics
I met a lady in my drifting days
I quickly fell under the spell of her loving ways
A rose in the desert I loved her so
In the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico
As we watched the sunset by the Rio Grande
A mission bell rang farewell she took my hand
She said “come back amigo no matter where you go”
To the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico
From her arms I wandered, far across the sea
I often heard her gentle words haunting me
“Come back amigo, I miss you so”
To the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico
So come back amigo no matter where you go
To the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico.
Land of Enchantment Performance
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- APA style
- New Mexico State Ballad. (2010, June 28). In State Reports by ClassBrain. Retrieved 17:07, May 18, 2012, from http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-ballad/
- MLA style
- Rory Blanchard-Bell, “New Mexico State Ballad.” State Reports by ClassBrain. 28 June 2010, 22:36 UTC. . 18 May 2012 <http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-ballad/>.
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- Rory Blanchard-Bell, 'New Mexico State Ballad', State Reports by ClassBrain, 28 June 2010, 22:36 UTC, <http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-ballad/> [accessed 18 May 2012]
- The Chicago Manual of Style
- Rory Blanchard-Bell, “New Mexico State Ballad.” State Reports by ClassBrain, http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-ballad/ [accessed May 18, 2012].
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- Rory Blanchard-Bell, New Mexico State Ballad [Internet]. State Reports by ClassBrain; 2010 June 28, 22:36 UTC [cited 2012 May 18]. Available from: http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-ballad/.
- Bluebook style
- New Mexico State Ballad, http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-ballad/ (last visited May. 18, 2012).
- AMA style
- Rory Blanchard-Bell, New Mexico State Ballad. State Reports by ClassBrain. June 28, 2010, 22:36 UTC. Available at: http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-ballad/. Accessed May 18, 2012.