New Mexico State Cowboy Song
About the New Mexico State Cowboy Song
“March 25, 2009, Governor Bill Richardson signed legislation declaring “Under the New Mexico Skies” as the first official cowboy song. The song was composed by Syd Masters of Edgewood, NM . This song was selected at a songwriting competition sponsored by the New Mexico Music Commission at the Western Music Association’s music Festival in Albuquerque in November 2007.”
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State
To find out more about Under the New Mexico Skies, check out this article by High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal: State cowboy song–New Mexico now has an official state cowboy song
For more information on who sponsored the bill and other information about its adoption, check out this article by the New Mexico Music Commission Under New Mexico Skies” Declared Official State Cowboy Song
Road Runner. Image courtesy MaryBeth Farrell.
Under the New Mexico Skies Lyrics
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
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
Just me and a covey of gamblin’ quail
Lopin’ down the Turquoise Trail
Chorus
Citation styles
- APA style
- New Mexico State Cowboy Song. (2010, June 28). In State Reports by ClassBrain. Retrieved 17:57, May 18, 2012, from http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-cowboy-song/
- MLA style
- Nora K, “New Mexico State Cowboy Song.” State Reports by ClassBrain. 28 June 2010, 22:59 UTC. . 18 May 2012 <http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-cowboy-song/>.
- MHRA style
- Nora K, 'New Mexico State Cowboy Song', State Reports by ClassBrain, 28 June 2010, 22:59 UTC, <http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-cowboy-song/> [accessed 18 May 2012]
- The Chicago Manual of Style
- Nora K, “New Mexico State Cowboy Song.” State Reports by ClassBrain, http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-cowboy-song/ [accessed May 18, 2012].
- CBE/CSE style
- Nora K, New Mexico State Cowboy Song [Internet]. State Reports by ClassBrain; 2010 June 28, 22:59 UTC [cited 2012 May 18]. Available from: http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-cowboy-song/.
- Bluebook style
- New Mexico State Cowboy Song, http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-cowboy-song/ (last visited May. 18, 2012).
- AMA style
- Nora K, New Mexico State Cowboy Song. State Reports by ClassBrain. June 28, 2010, 22:59 UTC. Available at: http://www.statereports.us/2010/06/mexico-state-cowboy-song/. Accessed May 18, 2012.