"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 buried 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"