Streets Of Laredo Lyrics

Beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong As I walked out in the streets of Laredo Ss I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a young cowboy wrapped in white linen Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the clay I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy These words he did say as I boldly stepped by Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story Got shot in the breast and I know I must die Beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the dead march as they carry me away Take me to the green valley there lay the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong Twas once in the saddle I used to go dashing Twas once in the saddle I used to go gay First came the drinking and then the card playing Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin Get six pretty maidens to bear up my part Put bunches of roses all over my coffin Roses to deaden the sod as it falls Beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the dead march as they carry me away Take me to the green valley there lay the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong