Cowboy's Lament

BURL IVES

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy
These words he did say as I boldly walked by
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die

It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing
Once in the saddle I used to go gay
First down to Rosie's and then to the card house
Got shot in the breast and I'm dying today

Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin
Get six jolly cowboys to sing me a song
Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong

Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
Get six pretty maidens to sing me a song
Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy, I know I've done wrong

Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the Dead March as they carry me along
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
Put roses to deaden the clods as they fall

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

Curiosità sulla canzone Cowboy's Lament di Burl Ives

In quali album è stata rilasciata la canzone “Cowboy's Lament” di Burl Ives?
Burl Ives ha rilasciato la canzone negli album “Ballads And Folk Songs, Volume II” nel 1949, “In The Quiet Of The Night” nel 1956, “Burl Ives” nel 1963, “Burl Ives Sings” nel 1967, “A Twinkle In Your Eye” nel 1997, “The Wayfaring Stranger” nel 2000, “The Collection” nel 2001, “Bow Down” nel 2007, “Tellin' Stories” nel 2007, “The Best Of Burl Ives” nel 2009, e “Hit Parade Platinum Collection” nel 2010.
Chi ha composto la canzone “Cowboy's Lament” di di Burl Ives?
La canzone “Cowboy's Lament” di di Burl Ives è stata composta da BURL IVES.

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