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[Verse 1]
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Early one morning at the St. James Hospital
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Early one morning morn in the month of May
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When I looked through the window and a'spied a dear cowboy
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A dear cowboy as cold as the clay

[Verse 2]
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Set ye down by me and hear my sad story
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Set ye down by me and sing me a song     
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For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
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I'm a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong

[Verse 3]
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Send for that doctor to come n'heal up my body
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And send for the preacher to come and pray for my soul
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For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
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I'm a poor cowboy and hell is my doom

[Verse 4]
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Get sixteen pretty maidens to come and carry my coffin
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Sixteen pretty maidens to come and sing me a song
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And tell 'em to bring some o'them sweet smelling roses
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So they can't smell me as they tote me along

[Verse 5]
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Beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly
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Play the death march as ye carry me along
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Throw bunches of lilies all over my coffin
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Thare goes a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong.