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Sing: Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico.

[Verse 1]
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In fifteen eighty we sailed our little ship
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Around the coast of Africa down the Gaza strip.
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We took some salty bacon and a hammock for a bed
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Then we mixed it with the Spaniards in the middle of the Med.
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Well we hired our funds saw the pretty girls a comin'
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There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
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We hired some more and then we started runnin'
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All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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(Mexico), Mexico, (oh-oh), Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico.

[Verse 2]
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Well Francis Drake said if you really want a fight
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The best thing is to catch them in the middle of the night.
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We hoisted anchor and powdered up the gun
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Then we sailed around in circles and just waited for the fun.
         D
Well we hired our funds saw the pretty girls a comin'
                                           A     D
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
    D
We hired some more and then we started runnin'
                                 A          Bm
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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(Mexico), Mexico, (oh-oh), Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico.

[Interlude]
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Mexico
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Mexico
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Oh oh oh
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Mexico
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Oh oh oh
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Mexico
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Oh oh oh
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M-E-X-I-C-O

[Chorus]
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Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico, (oh-oh), Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico.

[Verse 3]
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Well cannon balls flew and the ship began to sink
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The water started risin' so we really had to think
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And then by chance stood a man as black as coal
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So we grabbed him by the trousers and we plugged him in the hole.
         D
Well we hired our funds saw the pretty girls a comin'
                                           A     D
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
    D
We hired some more and then we started runnin'
                                 A          Bm
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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(Mexico), Mexico, (oh-oh), Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico.

[Verse 4]
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Well we fired from the side port and we fired from the back
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And then we fired from the gallery and through every little crack.
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We fired so much that the cook started cooking
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Didn't have to worry so we flew the Union Jack.
         D
Well we hired our funds saw the pretty girls a comin'
                                            A    D
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
    D
We hired some more and then we started runnin'
                                 A          D
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
         D
Well we hired our funds saw the pretty girls a comin'
                                            A    D
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
    D
We hired some more and then we started runnin'
                                 A          D
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
         D
Well we hired our funds saw the pretty girls a comin'
                                            A    D
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
    D
We hired some more and then we started runnin'
                                 A          Bm
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico,
               D               Bm                 A G
(Mexico), Mexico, (oh-oh), Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico.
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Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico, (oh-oh), Mexico, (Mexico), Mexico.