Willie Nelson — Streets of Laredo

[Verse 1] As I walked out in the streets of Laredo As I walked out in Laredo one day I spied a young cowboy wrapped all in white linen Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay [Chorus] Oh, beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly Sing the Death March as you carry me along Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong [Verse 2] 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 Got shot in the breast and I know I must die" [Chorus] Beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly Sing the Death March as you carry me along Take me to the green valleys, there lay the sod o'er me I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong [Verse 3] "Go fetch me some water, a cool drink of water To cool my parched lips," the poor cowboy said Before I returned, his spirit had left him He had gone to his Maker, the cowboy was dead [Chorus] Beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly Sing the Death March as you carry me along Take me to the green valleys, and lay the sod o'er me I'm a young cowboy and I known I've done wrong I'm a young cowboy and I known I've done wrong