VERSE 1
__ _____ ____ ____ carry me along
Take me t' th green valley
An' place th sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy
An' I know I"ve done wrong
VERSE 2
It was once in th saddle
I used to go dashing
It was once in th saddle
I used to go gay
I first took to gambling
An' then t' card playing
Got shot in th breast
An' I'm dying today
VERSE 3
Get six jolly cowboys
To carry my coffin
Get six pretty maidens
To carry my pawl
Lay bunches of roses
All over my coffin
__ __ ___ _ __ ___
_____ __ _ ____as they fall
VARIANTS:
0084 Western Song
0380 Tom Sherman's Bar
0457 Lidian's Baroom
0642 Way Down In Lodora
1006 Beat The Drum Slowly
1222 Tom Shermans Barroom
OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Randolph: II-182 The Cowboys Lament
Belden: p. 392 The Unfortunates Rake
Brown: II-263 The Unfortunate Rake
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