Streets of Laredo

X:1
T:Streets of Laredo
B:Singing Together, Spring 1977, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:G
d2 |d3 c B2 |c2 d2 c2 |B3 A G2 | F2 D2
w:As I_ walked out in the streets of La-re-do,
 D2 |G4 G2 |A2 B2 c2 |B2 A2 G2 | A4
w: As I walked out in La-re-do one day,
d2 |d3 c B2 |c2 d2 c2 |B3 A G2  | F2 D2
w: I spied a young cow-boy wrapped up in white lin-en,
 D2 |G3 G G2 |A2 B2 c2 |B2 G2 A2 | G4 z2 |]
w: Wrapped up in white lin-en and cold as the clay.
W:As I walked out in the streets of Laredo,
W:As I walked out in Laredo one day,
W:I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen,
W:Wrapped up in white linen and cold as the clay.
W:
W:"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy,"
W:These words he did say as I boldly stepped by,
W:"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story;
W:I am shot in the breast and I know I must die."
W:
W:"O beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly.
W:Play the dead march as you carry me along.
W:Take me to the green valley there lay the turf o'er me,
W:For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong."
W:
W:"Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin,
W:Get six prety maidens to bear me my pall,
W:Put bunches of roses all over my coffin,
W:Put roses to deaden the turf as it falls."
W:
W:We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,
W:We bitterly wept as we bore him along.
W:We all loved our comrade, so brave, young and handsome,
W:We all loved our comrade although he'd done wrong.

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