O Fair New Mexico

"O Fair New Mexico"
O Fair New Mexico sheet music (1915)
Song by Elizabeth Garrett
Recorded1924
StudioMarsh Laboratories
GenreTango
LabelAutograph Records
Songwriter(s)Elizabeth Garrett
Composer(s)Elizabeth Garrett
Lyricist(s)Elizabeth Garrett
Audio sample
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]

  1. ^ "The New Mexico State Song", NSTATE, LLC, December 2004, web: Netstate-song-nm.