"O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie"
Traditional American Folk Song
Appears on Bridges & Snakes
O, bury me not on the lone prairie
These words came sad and mournfully
From the pallid lips of a youth who lay
On his dying bed at the close of day.
O, bury me not on the lone prairie
Where coyotes howl and the wind blows free
In a narrow grave, six by three
O, bury me not on the lone prairie
It matters not, so I've been told
Where the body lies when the heart grows cold
But grant, oh, grant this wish to me
O, bury me not on the lone prairie
O, bury me not...his voice fell there
We paid no heed to his dying prayer
In a narrow grave six by three
We buried him there on the lone prairie
And the cowboys now, as they roam the plains
They mark the spot where his bones were laid
With a handful of roses, they mark his grave
With a prayer to God his soul to save..
