ladies of laredo

luke was cool and dendy

and though he didn't oughta

luke was heavy handed

with his moonshine and firewater

and all those ladies loved him they would not let him be

when they got him drinking

why he was awful free

yeah

and all those ladies of laredo loved him

and all the friends of the ladies them too

i wonder what the menfolk

belonging to the

ladies of laredo would do

if they knew

luke was just a good guy

trying not to cheat

but the more he tried to put them off

the more they thought him sweet

and so he took to drinking

and as i previously said

with his mind half numb and blind

he took the town to bed

and all those ladies of laredo loved him

and all the friends of the ladies them too

i wonder what the menfolk belonging to the

ladies of laredo would do

if they knew

luke he grew his hair long

and he never shaved

trying to be

he never bathed

then in desperation he hid himself

down a well

but all those naughty women found him there

attracted by the smell

and all those ladies of laredo loved him

and all the friends of the ladies them too

i wonder what the menfolk

belonging to the

ladies of laredo would do

if they knew

jake was mean and had a wife as cruel as can be

who luke had spurned because he learned how mean

old jake could be

so she told old jake to go down to the bar

and fetch back luke's head in an old whiskey jar

word got round town and just like a parade

all the women came

they came out to luke's aid

oh

they strung up old jake

and they carried luke high

the last words luke said was: what a way to die!"