Pecos, Pecosin', Pecos Swap

[James A. Landau]

I never heard of Pecos Pete, but there is a mythical character known as "Pecos Bill".  I believe he appears in Louis Untermeyer's "The Wonderful Adventures of Paul Bunyan", my copy of which is currently hiding somewhere.

"Merino" is a breed of sheep, known for its high-quality wool.  "Moreno" is a Spanish word meaning (adj) "brunette" and, according to my dictionary, in the New World it also means (noun) "a person of African ancestry".

I never heard "tall women and virgin pines", but there is an old Kentucky saying "Kentucky---land of beautiful horses and fast women".

    - Jim Landau

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