Burl Ives - Cowboy’s Lament lyrics
[Burl Ives - Cowboy’s Lament lyrics]
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all
Wrapped in white linen
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 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 the saddle
I used to go dashing
Once in the saddle I used to go gay
First down to Rosie's and then
To the card house
Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today
Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin
Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a song
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
Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song
Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy
I know I've done wrong
Oh beat the drum slowly and
Play the fife lowly
Play the Dead March as they carry me along
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
Put roses to deaden the clods as they fall
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
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
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