As I walked out in Lar-edo one day. VERSE ONE As I walked out in the streets of Lar-edo, as I walked out in Lar-edo one day. I spied a young cowboy wrapped all in white linen. Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay. Oh beat the drums slowly..and play the pipe lowly Sing the dead march..as you carry me along Take me to the valley there lay the sod o?re me I?m a young cowboy and know I?ve done wrong VERSE TWO I see by your outfit..that you are a cowboy. These words he did say as I boldly walked by Come sit down be-side me and hear my sad story Got shot in the breast and I know I must die. VERSE THREE To cool my parched lips then the poor cowboy said before I re-turned his sprit had left him had gone to his maker, the cowboy was dead. CHORUS REPEAT Oh beat the drums slowly..and play the pipe lowly Sing the dead march..as you carry me along Take me to the valley there lay the sod o?re me I?m a young cowboy and know I?ve done wrong