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Streets of Laredo Lyrics. As I walked out in the streets of Laredo. As I walked out in Laredo one day. I spied a dear cowboy wrapped up in white linen. Wrapped up in white linen and...
Find the lyrics of the classic cowboy song The Streets of Laredo, performed by Willie Nelson in 1972. The song tells the story of a dying cowboy who asks for water and a funeral march.
The Streets of Laredo Lyrics: As I walked out on the streets of Laredo / As I walked out on Laredo one day / I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen / All wrapped in white...
The lyrics of Pete Seeger's "Ballad of Sherman Wu" are patterned after "Streets of Laredo'" and is set to the same tune. The song presages the American Civil Rights Movement and recounts the refusal of Northwestern University 's Psi Upsilon fraternity to accept Sherman Wu because of his Chinese heritage.
Learn about the origin and evolution of the folk song "Streets of Laredo", which tells the story of a dying cowboy. See the full lyrics and listen to the audio or watch the video of this classic ballad.
First down to Rosie's and then to the card house, But I’m Shot in the breast, and I'm dying today. "Get sixteen gamblers to carry my coffin, Six purty maidens to sing me a song, Take me to the valley and lay the sod o'er me, For I'm a young cowboy and know I done wrong."
