O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie

(album: Cowboy Songs - 1990)

"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

"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
Bury me not on the lone prairie

"Bury me not on the lone prairie
Where coyotes howl and the wind blows free"
In a narrow grave six foot by three
Bury me not on the lone prairie"

"Oh, bury me not" and his voice failed there
But we took no heed of his dying prayer
In a narrow grave just six by three
We buried him there on the lone prairie

And the cowboys now as they roam the plain
For they marked the spot where his bones were lain
Fling a handful of roses o'er his grave
With a prayer to God his soul will save