As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen All wrapped in white linen and cold as the clay 
I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy These words he did say as I boldly stepped by Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story Got shot in the breast and I know I must die 
Twas once in the saddle I used to go dashing ’Twas once in the saddle I used to go gay ’Twas first to go drinking, and then to card playing Got shot in the breast and I’m dying today 
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin Get six pretty maidens to carry my pall Put bunches of roses all over my coffin Roses to deaden the clods as they fall 
Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the death march as you carry me along Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o’er me For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong 
We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly And bitterly wept as we bore him along For we loved our comrade, so brave, young & handsome We all loved our comrade although he’d done wrong 
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