Streets of Laredo Lyrics

As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy wrapped all in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
Oh beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly,
Sing the death march as you carry me along.
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me;
I'm a young cowboy, and I know I've done wrong.

"I 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"
Beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly,
Sing the death march as you carry me along.
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me;
I'm a young cowboy, and I know I've done wrong.

Go fetch me some water, a cool drink of water
To cool my parched lips the poor cowboy said
Before I returned, his spirit had left him
He'd gone to his maker, the cowboy was dead
Beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly,
Sing the death march as you carry me along.
Take me to the green valley, and lay the sod o'er me;
I'm a young cowboy, and I know I've done wrong.
I'm a young cowboy, and I know I've done wrong.