Arlo Guthrie - Streets Of Laredo Lyrics
As I walked out in the streets of LaredoAs I walked out in Laredo one dayI spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linenAll wrapped 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 proudly stepped by""Come sit down beside me and hear my sad storyI'm shot in the breast and I know I must die""'Twas once in the saddle I used to go ridin'Once in the saddle I used to go gayFirst lead to drinkin', and then to card-playingI'm shot in the breast and I'm dying today""Let six jolly cowboys come carry my coffinLet six pretty gals come to carry my pallThrow bunches of roses all over my coffinThrow roses to deaden the clods as they fall""Oh, beat the drum slowly, and play the fife lowlyAnd play the dead march as you carry me alongTake me to the green valley and lay the earth o'er meFor I'm a poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong""We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowlyAnd bitterly wept as we carried him alongFor we all loved our comrade, so brave, young and handsomeWe all loved our comrade although he done wrong
