As I walked out on the streets of laredo
As I walked out on laredo one day
I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
Then beat the drum slowly play the fife lowly
Play the dead march as we carry me along
Take me to the green valley lay the sod o'er me
I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong
We beat the drum slowly we played the fife lowly
Played the dead march as we carried him along
Far we are of dark comrade so bright and handsome
We all are dark comrade although he done wrong