Streets of Laredo
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out, in Laredo one day
I spied a cowboy
Wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white line, as cold as the clay
I see by your outfit you are a cowboy
These words he said, as I proudly stepped by
Come sit beside me
Hear my sad story
Shot in the breast and I know I must die
'Twas once in the saddle, I used to go dashing
Once in the saddle, I used to go gay
It lead to drinking
Then to card playing
Shot in the breast and I'm dying today
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
Six pretty gals to carry my pall
Throw bunches of roses
All over my coffin
Roses will deaden the dirt as it falls
Oh beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the valley
Lay the dirt o'er me
For I'm a poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong
We beat the drum slowly, played the fife lowly
Bitterly wept as we carried him along
For we have loved
Been young and handsome
We all have loved, and we have done wrong
As I walked out, in Laredo one day
I spied a cowboy
Wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white line, as cold as the clay
I see by your outfit you are a cowboy
These words he said, as I proudly stepped by
Come sit beside me
Hear my sad story
Shot in the breast and I know I must die
'Twas once in the saddle, I used to go dashing
Once in the saddle, I used to go gay
It lead to drinking
Then to card playing
Shot in the breast and I'm dying today
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
Six pretty gals to carry my pall
Throw bunches of roses
All over my coffin
Roses will deaden the dirt as it falls
Oh beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the valley
Lay the dirt o'er me
For I'm a poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong
We beat the drum slowly, played the fife lowly
Bitterly wept as we carried him along
For we have loved
Been young and handsome
We all have loved, and we have done wrong
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Writer(s): Rex Allen
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