Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie

by Johnny Cash

From the album: Sings the Ballads of the True West

Track 15 of 26 on Sings the Ballads of the True West (1965).

Duration: 2:26

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Lyrics for Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie

Oh bury me not on the lone prairie These words came low and mournfully From the pallid lips of a youth Who lay on the bloody ground at the close of day Oh bury me not and his voice failed there But we took no heed to his dying prayer In a narrow grave just six by three We burried him there on the lone prairie Oh bury me not on the lone prairie Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free Where there's not a soul that will care for me Oh bury me not on the lone prairie

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More from Sings the Ballads of the True West

  1. Hiawatha's Vision
  2. The Road to Kaintuck
  3. The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. I
  4. Narration 1
  5. The Ballad of Boot Hill
  6. I Ride an Old Paint
  7. Narration 2
  8. Hardin Wouldn't Run
  9. Narration 3
  10. Mister Garfield
  11. The Streets of Laredo
  12. Narration 4
  13. Johnny Reb
  14. A Letter from Home
  15. Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie
  16. Mean as Hell
  17. Sam Hall
  18. 25 Minutes to Go
  19. The Blizzard
  20. Narration 5
  21. Sweet Betsy from Pike
  22. Green Grow the Lilacs
  23. Narration 6
  24. Stampede
  25. The Shifting, Whispering Sands, Pt. II
  26. Reflections