"The Young New Mexican Puppeteer" is a song written by Earl Shuman and Leon Carr,[1] and released as a single by Tom Jones.
The guitarist on the single is Big Jim Sullivan.
The melody of the song's chorus is adapted from the score of the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio.
German Schlager singer Roberto Blanco released a German version of the song in 1972 with the title Der Puppenspieler von Mexiko.
[4] It reached the peak position 49 in the German charts.