Streets of Laredo Suzanne Vega

[Verse 1]
As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
As I walked out on Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

[Verse 2]
"I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy"
These words he did say as I boldly walked by
"Come and sit down beside me and hear my sad story
I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die"

[Verse 3]
"It was once in the saddle, I used to go dashing
Once in the saddle, I used to go gay
It was first to the card-house and down to old Rosie’s
But I'm shot in the breast and I'm dying today"

[Chorus]
"So beat the drum slowly, play thе fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry mе along
Take me to the valley, lay the sod o’er me
I'm a young cowboy, I know I've done wrong"

[Verse 4]
"Six jolly gamblers to carry my coffin
Six dance-hall maidens to bear up my pall
Throw bunches of roses all over my coffin
Roses to deaden the clods as they fall"