Streets Of Laredo Lyrics

As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
as I walked out in Laredo one day

I spied a young cowboy
all wrapped in white linen

Wrapped up in white linen
as cold as the clay

Beat the drum slowly
play the fife lowly

play the death march
as they carry me on

Take me to the green valley
lay the sod o'er me

I'm shot in the chest
and I'm dying today

[ steel ]

Beat the drum slowly...