| As I walked out on the streets of Laredo As I walked out on Laredo one day I espied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen all wrapped in white linen, as cold as a clay I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy These words he did say as I boldly walked by Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die Just beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly and play the dead march as you carry me along take me to green valley and lay the sod over me I am a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin get six pretty maidens to sing me a song Put bunches of roses all over my coffin Roses that deaden the clouds as they fall |
