"BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE"

CHORUS:
"Oh, bury me not
On the lone prairie
Where coyotes howl
And the wind blows free.
In a narrow grave,
Just six by three,
Don't bury me
On the lone prairie."

VERSE # 01:
"Oh, bury me not
On the lone prairie."
These words came low
And mournfully
From the pallid lips
Of a youth who lay
On his dying bed
At the close of day.

VERSE # 02:
He pined away
'Til o'er his brow
Death's shades were
Slowly falling now.
He thought of home
And loved ones nigh,
As cowboys gathered
To see him die.

VERSE # 03:
"It matters not,
So I've been told,
Where the body lies
When the heart grows cold.
Yet grant, oh grant,
This wish to me,
Oh, bury me not
On the lone prairie."

VERSE # 04:
"Oh, bury me not - - - ",
And his voice failed there.
They took no heed
Of his dying prayer.
In a narrow grave,
Just six by three,
They buried him there
On the lone prairie.

VERSE # 05:
The cowboys know
As they roam the plain,
For they marked the spot
Where his bones were lain.
Fling a bunch of flowers
O'er his grave,
With a prayer to God,
His soul to save.