Mexico

Mexico is a cut song from the Raggedy Ann Broadway Musical. Originally the sixth song in the show, it starred Andy as he and the dolls build Marcella's bed into a boat to sail down through the Panama Canal on their way to L.A.. The song was cut during Broadway Previews, partly for time and partly because it left audiences confused on why they never actually go to the country. They don't even get to Panama, as the boat is lifted into the clouds and they take a cross-country shortcut. The song was a crowd-favorite for it's energy and catchy lyrics, and is sorely missed by fans as Andy's one main song.

The lyrics here are for the 1985 Workshop recording. Though the song did continue and evolve past it, this is the only version available to listen to, so it's the most relevant.

## Lyrics (1985 Workshop recording)

**Raggedy Andy:**

Can-do, needs a rudder, a map, two sheets in the wind...

**Raggedy Ann:**

Andy you’re beautiful!

**Raggedy Andy:**

A piece of broomstick here

A hunk of stovepipe there

My dazzling ingenuity

First thing you know

Mexico!

**The Camel:**

Can I help?

**Raggedy Andy:**

A little washboard here

A bit of bedstead there

See how they fit remarkably

And there you go!

Mexico!

It's made to order for what we're needin' tonight

South of the border is where it's leadin' tonight

In panama, pal they got this little canal

Ev'ry lock is so terrific when you dock at the pacific

Cuernavaca's just a block or two away

A sheet that we can spare

To sail the midnight air

A flare for faring on the sea

And what's that glow

Mexico!

Arriba!

*[Instrumental, dance sequence]*

**All:**

Mexico!

**Raggettes (Andy):**

So put a sewing machine

(Just like the carpet from Arabian Nights)

Where it has never been

(Would never so far to show us the sights!)

A tailor’s dummy at the prow

**Raggedy Ann:**

Golly gee

**Baby Doll:**

With all these diapers wet

What happens to me?

**Raggettes:**

And even now

**Panda:**

So many places Panda always want to see

**Raggettes:**

Lah-dee-dah

**The Camel:**

Let's grab a map and find where we wanna be

**Raggedy Ann:**

Don't need a radio

**Raggedy Andy:**

We'll see havana, have another cigar

**Raggedy Ann:**

To tell us where to go

**The Camel:**

We know that panama can't be very far

**Raggettes:**

We have the stars to show the way

**Raggedy Ann:**

Together now...

**Baby Doll:**

Who wants to work this hard it's boring and how

**Raggettes:**

And where's l.A.?

**Dolls:**

According to the map it's just a little past

**All:**

Mexico!

**Raggedy Ann (Raggettes):**

In poor Honduras (widgets)

We wouldn't stay very long (gaskets)

**The Camel (Raggettes):**

And Guatemala you just, (ribbons)

You shouldn't put in a song (baskets)

**Raggedy Andy:**

But up ahead friend beyond the very next bend

Shines ol' Popocatepetl

In a spot I oughta settle

But I bet I gotta get along the way

**The Camel:**

To the doll doctor!

**Dolls (Raggettes):**

We're setting sail tonight

(We're nearly finished and she's something to see)

No moon has been so bright.

(And if she floats at all's a wonder to me)

What's waiting out there who can know...

**Baby Doll:**

Everybody stop worrying

**Raggedy Ann:**

Why?

**Baby Doll:**

I changed my diaper!

**Raggedy Andy:**

All aboard!

**The Camel:**

Can I come?

**Raggedy Andy:**

What use are you?

**Raggedy Ann:**

Let him come!

**Raggedy Andy:**

He’s useless

**The Camel:**

I’m useless

**Raggedy Ann:**

Maybe he’ll be of some use! Get in!

**All:**

Get in!

**Dolls (Raggettes):**

And here we go (yes here we go)

**All:**

Mexico!

We're on our way

And Mexico is almost to L.A.

L.A.!

## History

### ESIPA Workshop 1984

* Mexico was originally much shorter, and more focused on Andy.

**Raggedy Andy:**

A piece of broomstick here

A hunk of stovepipe there

My dazzling ingenuity

First thing you know

Mexico!

**The Camel:**

Can I help?

**Raggedy Andy:**

A little washboard here

A bit of bedstead there

See how they fit remarkably

And there you go!

Mexico!

It's made to order for what we're needin' tonight

South of the border is where it's leadin' tonight

In panama, pal they got this little canal

Ev'ry lock is so terrific when you dock at the pacific

Cuernavaca's just a block or two away

A sheet that we can spare

To sail the midnight air

A flare for faring on the sea

And what's that glow

Mexico!

Arriba!

*[Instrumental, dance sequence]*

It's made to order for what we're needin' tonight

South of the border is where it's leadin' tonight

In panama, pal they got this little canal

Ev'ry lock is so terrific when you dock at the pacific

Cuernavaca's just a block or two away!

Get to work!

A sheet that we can spare

**Baby Doll:**

Everybody stop worrying!

**Raggedy Andy:**

To sail the midnight air

**Baby Doll:**

I changed my diapers!

**Raggedy Andy:**

A flare for faring on the sea!

All aboard!

*[Dialogue Sequence]*

**Raggedy Andy:**

And here we go

**The Camel:**

Mexico!

**All:**

We're on our way

And Mexico's not so far from L.A.!

L.A.!

### ESIPA Workshop 1985 script

* While this version is around the same time as the recording, and in fact there are multiple scripts from before and after the recording, that do not match up. The main difference is the recording's addition of Andy's "Arabian Nights" lines, which had to be estimated because exact lyrics have not been found, and Ann's "golly gee" is at one point "that's for me".

### Kennedy Center 1986

* Takes place after the lyrics listed in the main article, but is less relevant. During the Kennedy Center production, Mexico would be interrupted by the song Blue. During the dialogue sequence near the end of Mexico, when Camel says "I'm useless", the song transitions fully into Blue. Afterward it goes back into the last verse of Mexico.