Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Cowboy folk song / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Dying Cowboy" redirects here. For a similar song that also goes by this name, see Streets of Laredo (song).
"Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" is a cowboy folk song. Also known as "The Cowboy's Lament", "The Dying Cowboy", "Bury Me Out on the Lone Prairie", and "Oh, Bury Me Not", the song is described as the most famous cowboy ballad.[1][2] Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[3] Based on a sailor's song, the song has been recorded by many artists, including Moe Bandy, Johnny Cash, Cisco Houston, Burl Ives, Bruce Molsky, The Residents, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Colter Wall, William Elliott Whitmore and Sam Shackleton.