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STREETS OF LAREDO (THE COWBOY’S LAMENT; THE UNFORTUNATE RAKE) Sung by: Lowell Harness Recorded in Pangburn, AR 7/29/63 Click here to listen to the original recording As I walked out in the streets one day, I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen, Wrapped up in white linen and as cold as the clay. “I see by your outfit that you’re a young cowboy, Got shot through the breast, and dying today. “Go beat the fife lowly and play the drum slowly, And play the dead march while they carry me along. Oh, carry me to the cemetery and roll the sod o’er me, For I’m a young cowboy, and I know I’ve done wrong.” Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #182, “The Cowboy’s Lament”; Brown, Vol. II, #263, “The Unfortunate Rake”; Belden, p. 392, “The Unfortunate Rake.” |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |