Bury Me Not On The Lone Priarie (hi-lo)

by Cowboy Ballad

Type:: Diatonic
Key:: G
Posted by:: WaltP

BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE hi-lo
Cowboy Ballad
W: Rev. Edwin H. Chapin
M: Ossian N. Dodge
Key: G

-1   3  3 -3 -4  5  -4   -3   3   -3
-4   6  6 -7 -8  8  -8   -7   6   -7
Oh, bur-y me not on the lone prai-rie 

 -1     3    -3   -3”-3-3”  3    2  3
 -4     6    -7   -6 -7-6   6    5  6
These words came slow and mourn-ful-ly 

 -1  -1   3  -3   -4
 -4  -4   6  -7   -8
From the pal-lid lips 

5  -4 -3    3  -3
8  -8 -7    6  -7
Of a youth who lay 

-1 -1  3  -3  -3” -3 -3”   3   2   3
-4 -4  6  -7  -6  -7 -6    6   5   6
On his dy-ing bed at the close of day