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Tucumcari
Jimmy Driftwood
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Tukum was an Indian brave out in New Mexico
Carrie was a beautiful maid and she loved old Tukum so
They promised they would both be true and some day they would marry
But they both died on the top of a
Mountain and they called it Tukum Carry
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Tonopon also fell in love with the big chief's only daughter
He had ten thousand nuggets of gold tied up in the skin of an otter
The big chief said "You braves may
Fight for the hand of my daughter Carrie
And the one who lives to tell the tale is the one that she will marry"
Carrie hid on the top of the hill
Where the braves would fight their duel
The love she had for Tukum burned in her heart like a fuel
When Tukum fell by Tonopon's knife, up rushed the maiden Carrie
Tonopon caught her in his arms, said "Right here we will marry"
While he was searching for her lips she pulled her silver dagger
She stabbed it deep into his heart which made him scream and stagger
She knelt right down by Tukum's side, she could not keep from crying
She plunged her dagger in her own
Heart when she saw her love was dying
When Big Chief saw the tragedy he burst the skin of otter
The nuggets rolled all over the hill and around his dying daughter
He took the dagger from her hand, his voice rang o'er the prairie
The last words that they heard him say was "Goodbye Tukum Carry"
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The Indian maidens and the braves out in New Mexico
Still fall in love just like they did a long long time ago
They sing and dance and make romance and when they want to marry
The song they sing in the native tongue is Goodbye Tukum Carry
Goodbye Tukum Carry
Goodbye Tukum Carry
Goodbye Tukum Carry
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