[00:08.94]As I walked out on the streets of Laredo,
[00:16.54]As I walked out in Laredo one day,
[00:24.28]I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen,
[00:32.60]Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.
[00:41.78][01:16.78][01:49.06][02:18.94][02:50.17]
[00:46.57]"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy."
[00:54.28]These words he did say as I boldly walked by.
[01:01.44]"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story;
[01:09.20]Got shot in the breast and I know I must die!"
[01:18.22]"Oh beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly;
[01:26.01]And play the Death March as you carry me along.
[01:33.10]Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me,
[01:40.96]I'm a young cowboy and know I′ve done wrong."
[01:49.63]"It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing:
[01:57.05]It was once in the saddle I used to go gay.
[02:04.82]First to the dram house and then to the card house,
[02:12.22]Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today."
[02:21.02]"Go gather around you a group of young cowboys,
[02:28.41]And tell them the story of this my sad fate.
[02:35.57]Tell one and the other before they go further,
[02:43.22]To stop their wild roving before it's too late."
[02:51.96]We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,
[02:59.76]And bitterly wept as we bore him along.
[03:06.96]For we all loved our comrade, so brave, young, and handsome,
[03:14.79]We all loved our comrade although he'd done wrong.