Streets Of Laredo
Opprinnelsen til Streets of Laredo er en britisk folkevise fra 1700-tallet: "The Unfortunate Rake". Sangen er også kjent som "Cowboy's Lament".
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- The lyrics
Jim Reeves - Streets Of Laredo
Johnny Cash - Streets Of Laredo
Marty Robbins - Streets Of Laredo
Chet Atkins - Streets Of Laredo
Streets of Laredo - The Lyrics
- 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 up in white linen and cold as the clay.
- "I see by your outfit, that you are a cowboy."
- These words he did say as I slowly walked by.
- "Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story,
- For I'm shot in the breast, and I'm dying today."
- "'Twas once in the saddle I used to go dashing,
- 'Twas once in the saddle I used to go gay.
- First to the dram-house, and then to the card-house,
- Got shot in the breast, and I'm dying today."
- "Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,
- And play the dead march as you carry me along;
- Take me to the valley, 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 bear up my pall.
- Put bunches of roses all over my coffin,
- Roses to deaden the sods as they fall."
- "Then swing your rope slowly and rattle your spurs lowly,
- And give a wild whoop as you carry me along;
- And in the grave throw me and roll the sod o'er me.
- For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong."
- "Go bring me a cup, a cup of cold water.
- To cool my parched lips", the cowboy then said.
- Before I returned, his soul had departed,
- And gone to the round up - the cowboy was dead.
- We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,
- And bitterly wept as we bore him along.
- For we loved our comrade, so brave, young and handsome,
- We all loved our comrade, although he'd done wrong.
Tilleggsinformasjon
I filmen Night on Earth synger Roberto Benigni fragmenter av Streets of Laredo mens han kjører taxi i Romas gater.
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