New Mexico Symbols, State Spanish Language Song

 Adopted in 1971.

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Chapter 12, Article 3 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated 12-3-6. Spanish language state song.


The words and music of "Asi Es Nuevo Mejico," written by Amadeo Lucero, are declared to be the Spanish language state song subject to the state of New Mexico acquiring ownership and copyright of this song. The words are:

Un canto que traigo muy dentro del alma
Lo canto a mi estado, mi tierra natal.
De flores dorado mi tierra encantada
De lindas mujeres, que no tiene igual.

(Chorus)

Asi es Nuevo Mejico
Asi es esta tierra del sol
De sierras y valles de tierras frutales
Asi es Nuevo Mejico.

Second Verse
El negro, el hispano, el anglo, el indio
Todos son tus hijos, todos por igual.
Tus pueblos y aldeas, mi tierra encantada
De lindas mujeres que no tiene igual.

(Chorus)
Third Verse
El Rio del Norte, que es el Rio Grande,
Sus aguas corrientes flueyen hasta el mar y
riegan tus campos
Mi tierra encantada de lindas mujeres
que no tiene igual.

(Chorus)
Fourth Verse
Tus campos se visten de flores de Mayo
De lindos colores
Que Dios les doto
Tus pajaros cantan mi tierra encantada
Sus trinos de amores
Al ser celestial.

(Chorus)
Fifth Verse
Mi tierra encantada de historia banada
Tan linda, tan bella, sin comparacion.
Te rindo homenaje, te rindo carino
Soldado valiente, te rinde su amor.

(Chorus)

History: 1953 Comp., § 4-14-4.1, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 178, § 1.
 

Origin of Song:

Asi Es Nuevo Mexico, written by contemporary composer Amadeo Lucero, was sung with guitar accompaniment to the assembled members of the 1971 Legislature by Lieutenant Governor Roberto Mondragon and was promptly adopted as the Spanish-language version of the State Song.

Source: New Mexico Blue Book

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