"Streets Of Laredo" lyrics - CISCO HOUSTON

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo,
As I walked out in Laredo one day,
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen,
All wrapped in white linen and cold as the 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.

"It was once in my saddle I used to go dashing,
Once in my saddle I used to go gay.
It was first to old Rosie's and then to the card house,
Shot in the breast and I'm dying today.

"Get sixteen gamblers to handle my coffin,
Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a song;
Take me to the green valley and lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy an' I know I done wrong.

"Oh, beat the drum slowly, and play the fife lowly,
Play 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 an' I know I done wrong."