Oh bury me not on the lone praire These words came low and mournfully From the pallid lips, o' a youth who lay On his dying bed at the close of day It matters not I have been told Where the body lies when the heart goes cold But grant o' grant this wish to me Well bury me not on the lone prairie Oh bury me not on the lone prairie Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free Where not a soul will care for me Oh bury me not on the lone prairie I wish to lie where a mother's prayer Or sister's tear all mingle there Where friends can come and weep o'er me Oh bury me not on the lone prairie Oh bury me not, his voice failed there And we took no heed o' his dying prayer In a narrow grave, just six by three Oh we buried him there on the lone prairie And the cowboys now as we roam the plains For we mark the spot where his bones were lain Put a handful o' roses o'er his grave And a prayer to God for the soul to save