>One widely accepted version is that when the American Army swung down the
>main drag of Mexico City they were singing, "Green grows the grass in
>Mexico."
I never heard that particular one before.
Here are a couple more:
http://sinclair.quarterman.org/history/mod/gringo.html
>Dane Bowen in Alexandria, Va., researching Bowen, Bacon, Carlton (Carleton),
>Luker, Sanders (Saunders), Chaudoin (Chaudoins), Maverick, Richey (Ritchie,
>Richie, Ritchey), Spence, Sumner, Way, and Wells families.
John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>
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