Johnny Cash - Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie

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“oh bury me not on the lone prairie”
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these words came low and mourn – ful – ly
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from the pallid lips of a youth who lay
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on his dying bed at the close of day .

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he has wasted and pined ’til o’er his brow
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death’s shades were slowly gathering now .
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he thought of home and loved ones nigh ,
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and the cowboys gathered to see him die .

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“oh bury me not on the lone prairie ,
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where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free .
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in a narrow grave just six by three
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oh bury me not on the lone prairie . ”

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“it matters not , i’ve oft been told ,
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where the body lies when the heart grows cold .
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yet grant , oh grant , this wish to me ,
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oh bury me not on the lone prairie . ”

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“i’ve always wished to be laid when i died
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in a little churchyard on a green hillside .
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by my father’s grave there let me be ,
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oh bury me not on the lone prairie . ”

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“i wish to lie where a mother’s prayer
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and a sister’s tear will mingle there .
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where friends can come and weep o’er me .
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oh bury me not on the lone prairie . ”

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“for there’s another whose tears will shed
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for the one who lies in a prairie bed .
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it breaks my heart to think of her now ,
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she has curled these locks; she has kissed this brow . ”

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“oh bury me not . . . ” and his voice failed there
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but they took no heed to his dying prayer .
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in a narrow grave , just six by three ,
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they buried him there on the lone prairie .

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and the cowboys now as they roam the plain
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for they marked the spot where his bones were lain ,
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fling a handful of roses o’er his grave
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with a prayer to god , his soul to save .