Christopher Lee - The Streets of Laredo lyrics

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 as 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 I am shot in the breast and I know I must die It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing It was once in the saddle I used to make hay First down to Rosie's and then to the cardhouse Got shot in the breast and I am dying today Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin Get six pretty maidens to bear up my pall Put bunches of roses all over my coffin Put roses to deaden the sods as they fall Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly And play the dead march as you carry me along Take me to the green valley, and lay the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly And play the dead march as you carry me along Take me to the green valley, and lay the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong Then swing your rope slowly and rattle your spurs lowly And give a wild whoop as you carry me along And in the grave throw me and roll the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong"