Burl Ives - O Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie lyrics

"O bury me not on the lone prairie." These words came low and mournfully From the pallid lips of the youth who lay On his dying bed at the close of day He had wasted and pined 'til o'er his brow d**h's shades were slowly gathering now He thought of home and loved ones nigh As the cowboys gathered to see him die "O bury me not on the lone prairie Where coyotes howl and the wind blows free In a narrow grave just six by three— O bury me not on the lone prairie" "It matters not, I've been told Where the body lies when the heart grows cold Yet grant, o grant, this wish to me O bury me not on the lone prairie." "I've always wished to be laid when I died In a little churchyard on the green hillside By my father's grave, there let me be O bury me not on the lone prairie." "I wish to lie where a mother's prayer And a sister's tear will mingle there Where friends can come and weep o'er me O bury me not on the lone prairie." "For there's another whose tears will shed For the one who lies in a prairie bed It breaks me heart to think of her now She has curled these locks, she has kissed this brow." "O bury me not..." And his voice failed there But they took no heed to his dying prayer In a narrow grave, just six by three They 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 o' roses o'er his grave With a prayer to God his soul to save