| lyric | 1. As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, as
I walked out in Laredo one day,
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen,
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
2. ,,1 see by your outfit that you are a cowboy"",
these words he did say as I boldly walked by,
,,come set down beside me and hear my sad story,
I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die.
3. O, once in the saddle I used to go dashing,
once in the saddle I used to go gaY,
first down to Rosie's and then to the card-house,
got shot in the breast and I'm dyin' today.
4. Get sixteen gamblers to handle my coffin,
let six jolly cowboys come sing me a song,
take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me,
for I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong.
5. Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin,
get six pretty maidens to sing me a song,
fake me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me,
for I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong.
6. O, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,
play the dead march as you carry m-e along,
put bunches of roses all over my c-offin,
ioses to deaden the clods as they fall. "" As I walked |