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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 in the month of May
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I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
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Wrapped in white linen and as cold as the clay


[Verse 2]
                G           Em          Am
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story
                G           Em          E
Come sit down beside me and hear my sad song
       Am           G             Em           Am
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
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I’m a poor cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong


[Verse 3]
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Send for the preacher to come and pray o’er my body
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Send for the doctor to come and heal up my wound
       Am           G             Em           Am
For my poor head is aching and my sad heart is breaking
           Dm         E          Am
I’m a poor cowboy and Hell is my doom


[Verse 4]
                  G              Em       Am
Get me six pretty maidens for to carry my coffin
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Six pretty maidens for to sing me a song
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And tell them to bring some of them sweet-smelling lilies
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To throw o’er my body as they carry me along