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
'neath 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 dying bed at the break of day

But we buried him there on the lone prairie
Where the rattlesnakes hiss
And the wind blows free
In a shallow grave - no one to grieve
'neath 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 dying bed at the break of day
On his dying bed at the break of day