8B. The Dying Cowboy- Blum (CA) 1923
8B - THE DYING COWBOY
Communicated by Miss Margaret Lynn, Los Angeles, California, January,
1923. Obtained from Miss Mildred Blum.
Music noted by Miss Lynn.
[music]
Mixolydian, hepatonic.
(chorus same as verse)
1 As I rode down past ruinod Tom Sherman's,
Past ruined Tom Shorinan's so early ono morn,
'Twas there I spiod a handsomo young oowboy,
All dressed in whlte linsn and clothed for the grave.
CHORUS: "Oh play the flfe lowly and beat the drum slowly,
And slng the dead march as you oarry me along3
Take no to the churohyard and rolL the sod orer mo,
For I tn a yrild cowboy and I kaow I'vo done wrong."
Z "0h bring to mo a oup of cold wator,
A cup of cold yratorr[ the poor fellow said;
But et or I returned, his splrit had departed,
And gone to the Givor r the oowboy was dead.
In 8B, ohorus, line 4, 'and' in regular toxt not shown in ms. for
nusic text (Herzog).
Laws B1. See NC II 614.