Tom Sherman's Barroom

歌詞

As I rode down to Tom Sherman's barroom To Tom Sherman's barroom one morning in May 'Twas there I spied a gay, handsome cowboy All dressed in white linen as cold as the clay I knew by your outfit that you were a cowboy That's what they all said as you go riding along Come gather around me, (you) said the jolly cowboy And listen to me, comrades, said he It's each and all may learn and take warning And quit your wild roving before it's too late It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing It was once in the saddle I used to be gay First taking to drinking and then to card playing Got shot through the breast and now I must die Oh bear the news gently to my grey-headed mother And whisper then lowly to my sister so dear And don't forget the words that I've told you For I'm a gay cowboy and I know I've done wrong Oh beat your drum loudly and play your fife slowly And play your dead marches as you carry me along Oh take me to the graveyard and roll the sod o'er me For I'm a gay cowboy and I know I've done wrong Six jolly cowboys to balance my coffin Six pretty girls to sing me a song Oh take me to the graveyard and roll the sod o'er me For I'm a gay cowboy and I know I've done wrong Oh bring unto me a glass of cold water A glass of cold water, that poor boy cried And when I returned, the spirit had left him And, gone to the Giver, the poor boy had died