Name: El Capitan Colorado
Duration: P00H03M36S
Description: In 1775 Roscommon native Hugh O’Connor, a captain in the Spanish army, founded the desert city of Tucson Arizona – our home town. This is his story.

El Capitan Colorado

from Hot Potatoes by The Out of Kilters

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In 1775 Roscommon native Hugh O’Connor, a captain in the Spanish army, founded the desert city of Tucson Arizona – our home town. This is his story.

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©2015 Peter Rodgers

Oh the crimson sun is descending
In the mountains of old Mexico
Though I know that my life time is ending
To my boyhood in Ireland I'll go
Where my cousins and I would play soldier
In the war against England's cruel reign
I'd follow them when I was older
To fight for the empire of Spain

Chorus:
Far from the wind and the water
Where the cactus and creosote grow
With my sword and my gun, in the hot desert sun...
El Capitan Colorado

I cried for my country when first I set sail
Though often her fortunes I cursed
For how could I stand to remain where a man
Could be bought for the price of his horse
In the ranks of the emperor I soon made my name
No mission, no foe would I fear
And soon I was bound o'er the broad spanish main
To fight on the northern frontier
Chorus...

Over ten thousand miles of hostile terrain
I struck fear in the hearts of my foes
From wild Arizona to the great Texas plains
As the red-headed captain I'm known
In Tucson today you will find me
Still mounted and ready to fight
And Presidio walls still stand proud and tall
For protection by day and by night
Chorus...

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from Hot Potatoes, released July 16, 2018

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The Out of Kilters Tucson, Arizona

Formed in 2009, we have played everything from the main stages at Tucson’s St Patrick’s Day and Celtic festivals to charity and other events across Arizona and New Mexico. We have three CDs under our belts, Down the Rocky Road, Get Yer Irish Up, and Hot Potatoes.

Though we feature some raucous tunes about drinking and fighting, we are really a bunch of happily sober pacifists! ... more

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