Seashores of Old Mexico
Merle Haggard
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We left out of Tucson with no destination in mind We were runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind And the border meant freedom, a new life and romance And that's why we thought we should go And start our lives over on the seashores of old Mexico Our first night in Juarez, we lost all the money we had One bad senorita made use of two innocent lad But we must keep on runnin' it's too late to turn back And we wanted in Tucson, we know An' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico Two Mexican farmers en route to a town, I can't say Let us ride on the back of a flatbed half-loaded with hay Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera Then in the Manzanillos Where we slept in the sunshine on the seashores of old Mexico After one long siesta, we came wide awake in the night We were startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight Our new-found companion, one young Senorita Who offered a broken hello To the gringo she found on the seashores of old Mexico She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return For her Mexican husband, she really had no great concern 'Cause she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo Well that's all I needed to know We found what we needed on the seashores of old Mexico
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Written by: MERLE HAGGARD
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10 facts about this song
Song Information"Seashores of Old Mexico" is a song written by Merle Haggard, an American country music singer and songwriter.
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Release DetailsIt was released on October 21, 1974, as part of his album "Merle Haggard presents his 30th Album".
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Songwriting CreditAlthough Haggard was a prolific songwriter, he gave credit for "Seashores of Old Mexico" to one of his influences, Hank Snow. However, the song has been subsequently credited back to Haggard exclusively.
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Song ReceptionThe song has become one of Haggard's well-known songs but didn't chart as a single.
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Song CoverSeveral other artists have covered the "Seashores of Old Mexico", most notably George Strait in 2006, whose version reached #11 on the U.S. country charts.
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Album PerformanceThe album "Merle Haggard presents his 30th Album" peaked at number seven on the Billboard country albums chart.
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Song ThemeThe song tells the narrative of a man who, in order to escape the law, flees to the seashores of Old Mexico where he falls in love with a beautiful Mexican girl.
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Personal LifeThe song's themes of escape and solitude resonate with Haggard's own life experiences having served time in San Quentin Prison as a young man.
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Genre"Seashores of Old Mexico" is a perfect example of Haggard's "Bakersfield sound," a gritty, hard-edged country music style that emerged in the 1950s and '60s in Bakersfield, California, which was a stark contrast to the polished "Nashville Sound" that dominated the country music scene at the time.
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LengthThe original song by Merle Haggard has a duration of 2:49 minutes.
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