PALS IN THE BUSH IN MEXICO. AMERICAN SONG

Down I came from Illinois Singing with two other boys In the bush in Mexico. Shorty Greg he was the first, He could not survive the thirst In the bush in Mexico. Buried him near a maguey plant With bare hands in boiling sand In the bush in Mexico. Then, a snake got Kid all right, Could not help him, so he died In the bush in Mexico. I was down with delirium While the vultures picked my chum In the bush in Mexico. Can’t return to Illinois Feel as if I’d slain the boys In the bush in Mexico. Have to stay forever here Where their voices I may hear In the bush in Mexico.