Wonderful that this great music is being carried on!

The more I listen to this song, the more I fall in love with it.

@lonesoneacestringband6858

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@guitarplayr4

Жыл бұрын

It’s fire

The banjo in this song sounds so damn good. Chris Coole is next level.

@edwardhanson3664

11 ай бұрын

That's' what hooked me to it. Love the clawhammer.

When I was in old Fort Worth in 18 and 83 An old Mexican cowboy Came stepping up to me He said how are you young fellow how would you like to go And spend a season working in the hills of Mexico Well I had no other employment back in Arkansas Tis according to your wages according to your pay Well I’ll pay to you good wages Often to your home If you’ll spend a season working in the hills of Mexico Well they sent all my wages on a steamboat they did go How the bells they did ring the whistles they did blow How the bells they did ring the whistles they did blow In that god forsaken port boat from the hills of Mexico Well I worked as a cowboy Riding to an fro In the hot summer sun the rain and the snow In the hot summer sun the rain and the snow Before I worked away my youth down in the hills of Mexico Well I meet a señorita there with eyes as black as coal And she swore that she loved me With all her heart and soul And she swore that she loved me With all her heart and soul ‘Till her parents took her from me in the hills of Mexico So I drew my last wages and Northwood I did go I rode across the Rio Grande and made for Arkansas When I reached my destination there was no one I did know It was all as bleak and barren as the hills of Mexico

@isorokudono

2 жыл бұрын

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@sartainja

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lyrics to this version of the song.

@strongbongus

Жыл бұрын

thank you

@skojo518

Жыл бұрын

Hey now. Thx for transcribing the lyrics. Cool beans!

I'm a Scottish Protestant,and can't help but relate to this working class tale,some would say we should be ashamed but they miss the point.

This is just simply the best version of this great song , in my opinion

@trevormorred6913

3 жыл бұрын

Willie Watson would disagree

@tytyvyllus8298

2 жыл бұрын

@@trevormorred6913 Roscoe Holcomb as an opinion on this as well

@darthmusturd9526

2 жыл бұрын

@@trevormorred6913 I love willie Watsons version, but I prefer the lyrical content to this, and the bass and fiddle make this phenomenal

@trevormorred6913

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthmusturd9526 after listening to this again I think willie singing to these instruments would be perfect,

@masonturner4621

2 жыл бұрын

you heard Roscoe?

It took me 3 listens, and finally headphones to block out every other sound, to appreciate how good this performance is. Absolutely hypnotic rhythm by the bass and banjo, and great raspy interludes by the fiddle.

@samblenkharn8099

Жыл бұрын

Go see them live if you get the chance. They're 👌🏻

@edwardhanson3664

11 ай бұрын

@@samblenkharn8099 Where? I've never heard of them. I'm in Colorado.

Excellent performance! Amazing voice, it welcomes you to sing along too.

Amazing job! Raised the hair on my neck.

Fantastic band

Mighty fine... quite sure Roscoe would approve.

Beautifull song and story

Truly and deeply amazing version of this olden song, love it when Roscoe Holcomb sings it and that's what lead me here. Thanks for the goosebumps on my soul.

@edwardhanson3664

11 ай бұрын

He really belts it out.

TASTY!!! That low harmony gives me chills... really really nice boys...

You guys have made sparseness the 4th member of your group. Well done.

@lonesomeacestringband

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roy...that's a great compliment!

Absolutely brilliant. Theres some feelin put into that performance thats for sure.

More wonderful every time I listen to it . . .

I love this song -- great vocals & banjo playing!

@merilee222

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice fiddle work, too!

TRULY ENJOY THIS! EVERYTIME

That holed me just below the waterline, listing a bit now....

great

Come on guy, who disliked this beautiful work of art?

@garrettbabcock9024

6 жыл бұрын

lol probably someone who really likes Willie Watson who released a version of this song the same year... on an album that was entirely old time covers...

This is one of my all time favorites

Nice! 6 dislikes!? Whatever, haters gonna hate I guess...Great version guys.

I can't get enough of this tune.

I LOVE THAT FIRST TIMER

Wonderful rendition.. it's made me cry tears more than once

ONE OF THE TOP TRACKS!

I’ve watched this countless times and it simply gets better every time

@lonesomeacestringband

2 жыл бұрын

That's what we like to hear, Jake!

That's amazing. ..

Love this

one of my favorite versions

Songs and sounds from the heart and soul ....

This is gold!

Brilliant, you lads got yourselves a brazillian fan oer here.

@isorokudono

2 жыл бұрын

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This is amazing!!!!!!!

.....love this more everytime I hear it.......and that's a lot.

Excellent - true musicians

wicked, bought the album thanks for posting

It’s so amazing!!!

Awesome version of this tune you guys are fantastic!

The groove is locked in from the get go, and the feeling is authentic and haunting.

best song ever!

Love this.

Awesome.

Love it....

This is such a good song. Thanks. I live in that place.

Hell yeah!! Looking forward to seeing y’all in July in that Colorado sunshine

Just heard and met you guys here at the Sudhaus in Tübingen. Awesome trio. 😎

Wonderful rendition of my all-time favorite cowboy song (thanks to Roscoe Holcomb)!

...and also available on Spotify it seems. Awsome!

This is awesome. Gotta get up to Toronto.

Wow...Max, you did Roscoe Holcombe perfectly with your own fine voice! Looking forward to your CD release on Jan 24.

@isorokudono

2 жыл бұрын

Nope not one time. Sorry kid.

Wow! Fantastic tune guys, thanks.

Gad Damn, I like these guys!

I agree, that is the best version I have heard.....thank you :)

OMG! What a classic claw hammer banjo player! He’s Right up therewith the founding claw hammer players!!

I know I'm about 10 years late to the party but hot dang this is the good stuff!

Fantastic.

i with the like button could be pressed many times! i have been enjoying this on repeat!!

amazing

Superb cover version of this wonderful haunting old song. I really enjoy your version and your choice of lyrics. 👍😀

very fine version of this song

Great job!

Great version fellas. Keep pickin!

I can see the hills of Mexico !

Great Old Time singing. Toe tapping good stuff right there

Banjo guy killing it!!

yes, I agree very nice cover

That's some groove!

free and powerful

Banging tune

WOW!

hot damn, boys!

Pretty nice work.

very nice

good job brother

5-Star performance. Buy the CD!

Very good rendition. I have written very extensively about The Hills of Mexico in the Lore of New Mexico. Basically, the ballad describes cattle drives typical of those on the Goodnight Loving Trail. There are lyrics in my book, done with Anthropologist Marta Weigle. And some more history of the cattle drives, local New Mexico versions, and more. I hope members of this great band will look into this

Song reminds me of Cormac McCarthy's "All The Pretty Horses", but that's far from the only reason I love it.

@melindarussell2024

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Missouri Borderlands by Joe Newberry. Listen to the version by Mandolin Orange.

very good chris cole.

That was an accident, these boys are awesome, I could listen to these guys all day long

Yea

When I's in old Fort Worth in eighteen of eighty three, Some old Mexican cowboy come stampin' up to me, Sayin' "How are you young fella? How would you like to go And spend another season in them hills of Mexico?"

i love the clifton hicks version as well as this one. but what i REALLY want is a historically accurate video of the songs content. just played so well, and with much care taken to represent and portray the people being sung about.

🔥🍄🔥

This rates right up there with "Diamantina Drover" by John Williamson . . .

Some purty fiddlin' and pickin...

I want them to live with us. I want to live with Mexico. I have had to choose. I decided to go with Mexico.

Awesome stuff, second only to Roscoe!

This song was featured on KXCI 91.3 in Tucson

Over the moon good version.

Nice

Love it!

Dang skippy , very good ,

Absolutely stunning tune. I also would like to know the banjo tuning, and if any tabs are available. Thank you

@lonesomeacestringband

8 жыл бұрын

+hans jensen Thank you Hans The tuning is FDGCD. I don't have tab for it. Good luck with it. If you send me an email via my website www.chriscoole.com I'd be happy to share a couple tunes in this tuning that might help get you started.

Pretty sad song really.

Great job. Really not much else to say here.

TAB got this? I sure hope so.

Definitive!!