Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie Lyrics - William Elliott Whitmore

Oh bury me not on the lone prairie." 

Where the coyotes wail and the wind blows free. 

And when I die, don't bury me 

beneath the western sky, on the lone prairie. 

"Oh bury me not on the lone prairie." 

This words came soft and painfully 

from the pallid lips of a youth who lay 

on his dyin' bed, at the break of day. 

But we buried him there, on the lone prairie 

where the rattle snakes hiss and the wind blows free. 

In a shallow grave, no one to grieve 

beneath the western sky, on the lone prairie. 

"Oh bury me not on the lone prairie." 

These words came soft and painfully 

from the pallid lips of a youth who lay 

on his dyin' bed, at the break of day. 

On his dyin' bed, at the break of day.