Or young willie mcbride was it slow and obscene. Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined? Do you mind if I sit down here by your graveside And rest for a while 'neath the warm summer sun So beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the death march as you carry me along Take me to the green valley, they'll lay the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong. "Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the dead march as you carry me along Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong Did they beat the drum slowly, did they play the fife lowly? Once in a saddle I used to go dashing Once in a saddle I used to go gay First to … beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly / sound the death march as you carry me along / cover my body in sweet-smelling posies / for I'm the young (rake, soldier, man, girl, lass, etc) cut down in (his/her) prime (or and I know I've done wrong) oh willy mcbride, was it slow and obscene did they beat the drums slowly did they play the fife lowly did they sound the death march as they lowered you down did the band play the last post and chorus did the pipes play the flowers of the forest and did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind in some loyal heart is your memory enshrined Did they beat the drum slowly did they play the fife lowly Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down Did the band play the last post and chorus Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined Blow the horn, play the fife, beat the drum so slowly Blow the horn, play the fife, make the drum beat . Play the Fife Lowly "Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly, Play the Dead March as you carry me along; Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o’er me, For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong." . Did they beat the drum slowly did they play the fife lowly, Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down Did the band play the last post and chorus, Did the pipes play the "Flowers of the Forest" Well how do you do young Willie McBride? Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest? --"As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo" (author unknown) . Beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the dead march as you bear me along Take me to the green valley, lay the sod o'er me I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong Ay, ay ay ay Ay, ay ay ay Ay, ay ay ay Ay, ay ay ay Part 1: El Juego Se Fue Part 2: Cancion Mixteca (Sung by Jorge Torres) Go beat th drum slowly, play th fife holy Play th dead mach as they carry me on Go carry me t' th graveyard, throw th sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy an' I know I've done wrong VERSE 2 Go write my dear ole Mother a letter An' back it to Sister I love so dear But there is one that's dearer than Mother Did the band play The Last Post in chorus? "Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly Play the dead march as you carry me along Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong "Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin Get six pretty maidens to bear up my pall Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?