Tom Lehrer

In Old Mexico


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Now, I'm sure you're all aware that this week is national gall-bladder week. so as sort of an educational feature at this point I thought I would acquaint you with some of the results of my rece
Searches into the career of the late doctor samuel gall, inventor of the gall-bladder. which certainly ranks as one of the more important technological advances since the invention of the joy-bu
And the dribble-glass. doctor gall's faith in his invention was so dramatically vindicated last year, as you no doubt recall, when, for the first time in history, in a nation-wide poll the gall-
Er was voted among the top ten organs. his educational career began interestingly enough in agricultural school, where he majored in animal husbandry, until they caught him at it one day.

Whereupon he switched to the field of medicine in which field he also won renown as the inventor of gargling. which prior to that time had been practiced only furtively by a remote tribe in the
Who passed the secret down from father to son as part of their oral tradition. he soon became a specialist, specializing in diseases of the rich. he was therefore able to retire at an early age
The land we all dream about, sunny mexico of course. the last part of which is completely irrelevant, as with the whole thing I guess, except, it's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next
Of popular song which is one of those things about that magic, and romantic land south of the border.

When it's fiesta time in guadalajara,
Then I long to be back once again
In old mexico.
Where we lived for today,
Never giving a thought to tomara.
To the strumming of guitars,
In a hundred grubby bars
I would whisper "te amo."

The mariachis would serenade,
And they would not shut up till they were paid.
We ate, we drank, and we were merry,
And we got typhoid and dysentery.

But best of all, we went to the plaza de toros.
Now whenever I start feeling morose,
I revive by recalling that scene.
And names like belmonte, dominguin, and manolete,
If I live to a hundred and eighty,
I shall never forget what they mean.

(for there is surely nothing more beautiful in this
World than the sight of a lone man facing singlehandedly
A half a ton of angry pot roast!)

Out came the matador,
Who must have been potted or
Slightly insane, but who looked rather bored.
Then the picadors of course,
Each one on his horse,
I shouted "ole!" ev'ry time one was gored.

I cheered at the bandilleros' display,
As they stuck the bull in their own clever way,
For I hadn't had so much fun since the day
My brother's dog rover
Got run over.

(rover was killed by a pontiac. and it was done with
Such grace and artistry that the witnesses awarded the
Driver both ears and the tail - but I digress.)

The moment had come,
I swallowed my gum,
We knew there'd be blood on the sand pretty soon.
The crowd held it's breath,
Hoping that death
Would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon.

At last, the matador did what we wanted him to.
He raised his sword and his aim was true.
In that moment of truth I suddenly knew
That someone had stolen my wallet.

Now it's fiesta time in akron, ohio,
But it's back to old guadalajara I'm longing to go.
Far away from the strikes of the a.f. of l. and c.i.o.
How I wish I could get back
To the land of the wetback,
And forget the alamo,
In old mexico. ole!


Writer/s: Tom Lehrer

In Old Mexico de Tom Lehrer

This song appears in 39 albums

That Was the Year That Was - An Evening with Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
That Was the Year That Was - An Evening with Tom Lehrer
2019
We Will All Go Together When We Go (Remastered) - Tom Lehrer
We Will All Go Together When We Go (Remastered)
2019
An Evening with the Infinite Genius of Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
An Evening with the Infinite Genius of Tom Lehrer
2019
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, Live - Tom Lehrer
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, Live
2013
Essential Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 (Live) - Tom Lehrer
Essential Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 (Live)
2013
My Home Town (Live) - Tom Lehrer
My Home Town (Live)
2013
We're Listening to Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 (Live) - Tom Lehrer
We're Listening to Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 (Live)
2013
Have You Heard of Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 - Tom Lehrer
Have You Heard of Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1
2013
When You Are Old and Grey (Live) - Tom Lehrer
When You Are Old and Grey (Live)
2013
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
2013
Musical Satirist, Vol. 3 - Tom Lehrer
Musical Satirist, Vol. 3
2013
An Evening With…Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
An Evening With…Tom Lehrer
2013
Laugh-a-Long-a-Lehrer (The Dave Cash Collection) - Tom Lehrer
Laugh-a-Long-a-Lehrer (The Dave Cash Collection)
2013
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer / Tom Lehrer Revisited - Tom Lehrer
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer / Tom Lehrer Revisited
2013
Live in Concert - Tom Lehrer
Live in Concert
2013
Tom Lehrer Live - Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer Live
2013
Selected Recordings (Live) - Tom Lehrer
Selected Recordings (Live)
2013
Tom Lehrer Sings, Vol. 1 (Live) - Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer Sings, Vol. 1 (Live)
2013
Tom Lehrer, Live Recordings - Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer, Live Recordings
2012
Selected Recordings (Live) - Tom Lehrer
Selected Recordings (Live)
2012
Songs by Tom Lehrer / More of Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
Songs by Tom Lehrer / More of Tom Lehrer
2012
Tom Foolery: The Very Best of Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
Tom Foolery: The Very Best of Tom Lehrer
2012
An Evening With - Tom Lehrer
An Evening With
2011
Evenings Wasted with Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
Evenings Wasted with Tom Lehrer
2011
The Very Best of Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
The Very Best of Tom Lehrer
2011
In Concert - Tom Lehrer
In Concert
2011
Songs By/An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
Songs By/An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
2010
The Elements - Tom Lehrer
The Elements
2010
More Of Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
More Of Tom Lehrer
2010
An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
2008
The Very Best of Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
The Very Best of Tom Lehrer
2008
Musical Satirist, Vol. 3 - Tom Lehrer
Musical Satirist, Vol. 3
2008
We're Listening To Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 - Tom Lehrer
We're Listening To Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1
2008
My Home Town (Live) - Tom Lehrer
My Home Town (Live)
2008
Essential Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 (Live) - Tom Lehrer
Essential Tom Lehrer, Vol. 1 (Live)
2008
Collection of Live Recordings - Tom Lehrer
Collection of Live Recordings
2008
Tom Lehrer in Concert - Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer in Concert
1960
An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
1959
More of Tom Lehrer - Tom Lehrer
More of Tom Lehrer
1959
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