Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, artist - Michael Martin Murphey. Album song Cowboy Songs, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 27.01.2008
Record label: Warner
Song language: English
O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie |
«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. |
«O bury me not on the lone prairie |
Where the wild coyote will howl o’er me Where the buffalo roams the prairie sea |
O bury me not on the lone prairie» |
«It makes no difference, so I’ve been told |
Where the body lies when life grows cold |
But grant, I pray, one wish to me |
O bury me not on the lone prairie» |
«I've often wished to be laid when I die |
By the little church on the green hillside |
By my father’s grave, there let mine be O bury me not on the lone prairie» |
The cowboys gathered all around the bed |
To hear the last word that their comrade said |
«O partners all, take a warning from me Never leave your homes for the lone prairie» |
«Don't listen to the enticing words |
Of the men who own droves and herds |
For if you do, you’ll rue the day |
That you left your homes for the lone prairie» |
«O bury me not,"but his voice failed there |
But we paid no head to his dying prayer |
In a narrow grave, just six by three |
We buried him there on the lone prairie |
We buried him there on the lone prairie |
Where the buzzards fly and the wind blows free |
Where rattlesnakes rattle, and the tumbleweeds |
Blow across his grave on the lone prairie |
And the cowboys now as they cross the plains |
Have marked the spot where his bones are lain |
Fling a handful of roses on his grave |
And pray to the Lord that his soul is saved |
In a narrow grave, just six by three |
We buried him there on the lone prairie |