{"id":29278,"date":"2026-01-12T22:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29278"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:39:22","slug":"lone-prarie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/lone-prarie\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone Prarie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Intro]\r\nEb<\/span> Cm<\/span> Eb<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n             Cm<\/span>                  Eb<\/span>\r\n\u201cOh, bury me not on the lone prairie\u201d\r\n                 Cm<\/span>             Eb<\/span>\r\nThese words came low and mournfully\r\n                 Cm<\/span>                  Eb<\/span>\r\nFrom the pallid lips o' a youth who lay\r\n                Bb<\/span>                Eb<\/span>\r\nOn his dying bed at the close of day\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n            Cm<\/span>                 Eb<\/span>\r\n\"It matters not, oh I've been told\r\n               Cm<\/span>                          Eb<\/span>\r\nWhere the body lies when the heart grows cold\r\n              Cm<\/span>                  Eb<\/span>\r\nBut grant, oh grant, this wish to me\r\n             Bb<\/span>                  Eb<\/span>\r\nWell, bury me not on the lone prairie\"\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n             Cm<\/span>                  Eb<\/span>\r\n\"Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie\r\n                  Cm<\/span>                      Eb<\/span>\r\nWhere the coyotes howl and the wind blows free\r\n            Cm<\/span>                 Eb<\/span>\r\nWhere not a soul will care for me\r\n                Bb<\/span>               Eb<\/span>\r\nWell, bury me not on the lone prairie\"\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n           Cm<\/span>                     Eb<\/span>\r\n\"I wish to lie where a mother's prayer\r\n            Cm<\/span>                 Eb<\/span>\r\nOr sister's tears can mingle there\r\n                  Cm<\/span>                 Eb<\/span>\r\nWhere friends can come and weep o'er me\r\n               Bb<\/span>                Eb<\/span>\r\nWell, bury me not on the lone prairie\"\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n            Cm                     Eb\r\n\"Oh bury me not\", his voice failed there\r\n               Cm                 Eb\r\nAnd we took no heed o' his dying prayer\r\n            Cm                 Eb\r\nIn a narrow grave just six by three\r\n                   Bb                  Eb\r\nWell, we bury him there on the lone prairie\r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n                Cm                   Eb\r\nAnd the cowboys now, as we roam the plain\r\n                  Cm                        Eb\r\nFor we marked the spot where his bones were lain\r\n                   Cm             Eb\r\nFling a handful o' roses o'er his grave\r\n                 Bb                 Eb\r\nAnd a prayer to God for his soul to save\r\n
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[Intro] Eb Cm Eb [Verse 1] Cm Eb \u201cOh, bury me not on the lone prairie\u201d Cm Eb These words came low and mournfully Cm Eb From the pallid lips o’ a youth who lay Bb Eb On his dying bed at the close of day [Verse 2] Cm Eb … CLICK TO VIEW SONGLone Prarie<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29279,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29278\/revisions\/29279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}