[ti:The Streets Of Laredo] [ar:Michael Martin Murphey] [al:Cowboy Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Streets of Laredo - Michael Martin Murphey [00:08.57]As I walked out in the streets of Laredo [00:16.58]As I walked out in Laredo one day [00:23.89]I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen [00:32.20]Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay [00:46.20]I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy [00:53.83]These words he did say as I boldly walked by [01:00.94]Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story [01:08.37]Got shot in the breast and I know I must die [01:17.68]Oh beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly [01:25.55]Singy the death march as you carry me along [01:32.37]Take me to the valley there lay the sod over me [01:40.62]I'm a young cowboy and know I've done wrong [01:49.44]It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing [01:56.87]It was once in the saddle I used to go gay [02:03.94]First to the dram house and then to the card house [02:11.81]Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today [02:20.63]Go gather around you a group of young cowboys [02:28.25]Tell them the story of this my sad fate [02:35.00]Tell one and the other before they go further [02:42.56]To stop their wild roving before it's too late [02:51.69]We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly [02:59.25]And bitterly wept as we bore him along [03:06.50]For we all loved our comrade so brave young and handsome [03:14.32]We all loved our comrade although he'd done wrong