The cover of Syd Masters' "The Cowboy Sings" is seen in this image from Masters' Web site. "Under New Mexico Skies," the state's official cowboy song, is the seventh track on the album.
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State cowboy song, guitar now law
Updated: Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009, 1:38 PM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009, 1:38 PM MDT
SANTA FE (KRQE) - "Where the Piñon Mesa rolls / And the campfire cures your woes / Watchin' the sly roadrunner flee / On the tail of an autumn breeze."
So begins New Mexico's new state cowboy song, "Under New Mexico Skies" by Syd Masters. Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill Wednesday declaring the state cowboy song .
He also signed a separate bill Wednesday declaring the Pimentel Rising Sun Guitar the state's official guitar .
Richardson has about 20 days to sign or veto legislation passed during the Legislature's final days.
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