Michael Martin Murphey – The Streets Of Laredo (Guitar)

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As I walked out on the streets of Laredo

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As I walked out in Laredo one day

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I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen

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Wrapped up in white linen and cold as the clay

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"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy."

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These words he did say as I boldly walked by

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"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story;

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Got shot in the breast and I know I must die!"

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"Oh beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly;

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Play the Death March as you carry me along

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Take me to the green valley, and lay the sod o'er me

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For I'm a young cowboy and I know I´ve done wrong."

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"It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing:

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It was once in the saddle I used to go gay

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First to the dram house and then to the card house

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Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today."

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"Go gather around you a group of young cowboys

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And tell them the story of this my sad fate

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Tell one and the other before they go further

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To stop their wild roving before it's too late."

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We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly

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And bitterly wept as we bore him along

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For we all loved our comrade, so brave, young, and handsome

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We all loved our comrade although he'd done wrong