 | 1921 - 216 Seiten
...by — "Come, sit beside me and hear my sad story; I was shot in the breast and I know I must die. "Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen...me a song, Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod over me, For I 'ma poor cowboy, and I know I 've done wrong. "My friends and relations they live in... | |
 | 1921 - 238 Seiten
...by — "Come, sit beside me and hear my sad story; I was shot in the breast and I know I must die. "Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen...me a song, Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod over me, For I 'ma poor cowboy, and I know I 've done wrong. " My friends and relations they live in... | |
 | Louise Pound - 1921 - 274 Seiten
...the grave. Beat your drums lowly and play your fife slowly, Play the dead march as you bear me along, Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma young cowboy and I know I've done wrong. This song exists in many variants, with changed names and... | |
 | Louise Pound - 1922 - 320 Seiten
...grave. Beat your drums lowly, and play your fifes slowly, Play the dead march as you bear me along, Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma dying cowboy and know I've done wrong. "I know by your appearance you must be a cowboy," These words... | |
 | 1927 - 200 Seiten
...by. "Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story; I was shot in the breast and I know I must die." "Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen...For I'ma poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong." * From Cowboy Songs published by Macmillan Company. «59 "My friends and relations they live in the... | |
 | Hubert Edwin Collins - 1928 - 330 Seiten
...play the fife lowly, Play the dead march as you carry me along, Take me to the green valley, and there lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma •poor cow-boy , and I know I've done wrong. There were many verses, all of this import, with the chorus after each. It was a cow-boy song often... | |
 | Roger L. Welsch - 1966 - 420 Seiten
...sit down beside me and hear my sad story; I was shot in the breast and I know I must die. (Chorus) "Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen...to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma young cowboy and I know I've done wrong. (Chorus) "My friends and relations, they live in the Nation;... | |
 | Cecil Gray - 1994 - 136 Seiten
...by. "Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story, I am shot in the breast and I know I must die. "Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen cowboys come sing me a song, is Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong.... | |
 | B. A. Botkin - 436 Seiten
...by. "Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story; I am shot in the breast and I know I must die. "Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen...me, For I'ma poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong. "My friends and relations they live in the Nation, They know not where their boy has gone. He first... | |
 | Madelon Powers - 1998 - 356 Seiten
...gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen young cowboys come sing me a song, Take me to the green valley and lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong." Once again, the themes of excessive barroom indulgence, painful death, and a funeral procession with... | |
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Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen cowboys come sing me a song. Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong. 
