Streets of Laredo

Lyrics

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a cowboy and he was dyin' And as I approached, oh, I heard him say "It was once in the saddle, I used to go roaming Once in the saddle, I used to roamed far and wide First to the card house and then to the dram house Shot, oh I'm shot, and I know I must die "So beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the dead march as you carry me along Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me I'm a young cowboy and I know I must die "Get sixteen night ladies to sing in the twilight Sixteen night ladies to kick in the gong Get twenty-five ponies and run them along For I like the horse flesh as well as my own "Will you run in the races of the horses that win Find the fine ladies and love them again On the first step to heaven the trumpets begin On the last step to heaven you know that you're in"