St James Hospital

St James Hospital - Pete Seeger (皮特·西格)

Written by：James Baker/Huddie Ledbetter

Early one morning at the St. James Hospital

Early one morning morn in the month of May

When I looked through the window and a spyed a dear cowboy

A dear cowboy as cold as the clay

Come set ye down by me and hear my sad story

Come set ye down by me and sing me a song

For my poor head is aching my sad heart is breaking

I'm a poor cowboy that knowed he done wrong

Send for the doctor to heal up my body

Send for the preacher to pray for my soul

For my poor head is aching my sad heart is breaking

I'm a poor cowboy and hell is my doom

Get sixteen young maidens to carry my coffin

Sixteen young maidens to sing me a song

And tell them to bring some o'them sweet smelling roses

So they can't smell me as they tote me along

Beat the drums slowly and play the fife lowly

Play the death march as ye carry me along

And over my coffin throw bunches of lillies

There goes a poor cowboy knowd he done wrong