"O Fair New Mexico" | |
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Song by Elizabeth Garrett | |
Recorded | 1924 |
Studio | Marsh Laboratories |
Genre | Tango |
Label | Autograph Records |
Songwriter(s) | Elizabeth Garrett |
Composer(s) | Elizabeth Garrett |
Lyricist(s) | Elizabeth Garrett |
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O Fair New Mexico, recorded by Elizabeth Garrett in 1924. First recording of New Mexico state song in history. |
"O Fair New Mexico" is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It was officially adopted as the state song by an act of the New Mexico legislature, approved on March 14, 1917, as signed by New Mexican governor Washington E. Lindsey.[1]