As I walked out on the streets of Laredo,

As I walked out in Laredo one day,

I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen

Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay.



I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy;

I see by your outfit you are a cowboy, too;

We see by our outfits that we are both cowboys.

If you get an outfit, you can be a cowboy, too.