Cat. #1222 (MFH #572) - As sung by Mrs. Claudie Richardson and Glenda Sue Richardson, Mountain View, Arkansas on August 31, 1971
VERSE 1
As I passed by Tom Sherman's Barroom
Tom Sherman's barroom, so early one morn
I spied a young cowboy all dressed in his buckskins
All dressed in his buckskins, all fit for his grave
CHORUS:
Go beat th drum lowly and play th fife slowly
Beat out th death march as they carry me along
Take me to th
I'm a young cowboy an' I know I've done wrong
VERSE 2
O, once in my saddle I used to go dashing
O, once in my saddle I used to ride gay
Till I took to drinking and then to card playing
Got shot by a gambler an' dying today