aka "The Dying Cowboy". Adapted from a mid-19th century poem from Edward Hubbell Chapin, "The Ocean-Buried", the song was transformed by the end of the 19th century into a cowboy song as it was carried westward. Most performances are named "(Oh) Bury Me NOT on the Lone Prairie", but can also be titled "(Oh) Bury Me OUT 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