CStreets Of Laredo, Marty Robbins, (1911, Frank Maynard)
C As I walked G out in the C streets of G Laredo
As C I walked G out in C Laredo one G day
I C spied a young G cowboy, all C wrapped in white Glinen
All C wrapped in white F linen, as G cold as the C clay
Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Sing the Death March as you carry me along
Take me to the 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 slowly walked by
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
Got shot in the breast and I know I must die
Go fetch me some water, a cool cup of water
To cool my parched lips, then the poor cowboy said
Before I returned, his spirit had left him
Had gone to his Maker, the cowboy was dead
Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Sing the Death March as you carry me along
Take me to the valley, there lay the sod o’er me
I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong
