Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
I hear he’s gone to some far country
And that he cares no more for me

I wish I were a swallow flying
I’d fly to a high and lonesome place
I’d join the wild birds in their crying
Thinking of you and your sweet face

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
But now the stars have turned against me
And he cares no more for me

Oh when the dark is on the mountain
And all the world has gone to sleep
I will go down to the cold dark waters
And there I’ll lay me down and weep

Oh have you seen my dear companion
Oh have you seen my dear companion
Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me

In the evening I stoke a fire
lit to keep me safe here in this placeHere in this place the thought of a border
fortifies some faith, reassures us strength

There, there lies a fence that I have built of stone
Though it is strong the wind still sings through the holes

In the morning I run out to grasp at
every golden ray, every golden ray
My frame along can’t contain the splendor,
my lining must be braced, another vessel made

God, God made this child out of songs and bone
Though I am stronger the pain still leaks through the holes

These walls, incomplete and tender, braided from my core
Keep out that which is heartless and seek to hold what’s pure
Oh this is a new homeplace

Oh bury me not on the lone prairie
These words came low and mournfully
From the cold pale lips of a youth who lay
On his dying bed at the close of day

He’d wasted time til upon his brow
and the shadowed clouds were gathering now
He thought of his home and his friends a nigh
oh the cowboys gathered to see him die

I fancy I’ll listen to the well known words
Of the free wild wind and the song of birds
He thought of his home and the cottonwood flower
of the songs he learned in his childhood hour

I often thought it’d be laid when I die
In the old church yard—- beneath the green hill-side
By the side of my father let my grave be
Oh bury me not on the lone prairie

Oh bury me not on the lone prairie
Where the wild coyotes howl over me
Where the buffalo roam and the wind blow free
Oh bury me not on the lone prairie

I wanna be laid where mother’s prayers
and sister’s tears will mingle there
Where my friends can come and weep over me—-v
Oh bury me not on the lone prairie

Where the dew drop fall and the butterfly rest
Where the wild blossoms bloom and the buried rest
Where the buffalo roam and the wind blow free
Oh bury me not on the lone prairie

”Oh bury me not” and his voice fell there
And we heeded not his dying prayer
In a narrow grave just six by three—
Oh we buried our boy on the lone prairie

Where the dew drop fall and the butterfly rest
Where the wild blossoms bloom and the buried rest
Where the buffalo roam and the wind blow free
Oh we buried our boy on the lone prairie

If I was on some foggy mountain top
I’d sail away to the west
I’d sail around this whole wide world
To the girl I love the best

If I had listened t’what mama says
I would not have been here today
A-lying around this old jail house
A-weeping my sweet life away

Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee

Oh, if you see that girl of mine
There’s something you must tell her
She need not be foolin’ no time away
To court some other feller

Oh, she’s caused me to weep, she’s caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
For the lonesome pine and the good old times
I’m on my way back home

Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee

Oh, when you go a-courtin’
I’ll tell you how to do
Pull off that long-tailed roustabout
Put on your navy blue

Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee

My latest sun is sinking fast
My race is nearly run
My strongest trials now are past
My triumph has begun

Oh come angel band
Come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home

Oh bear my longing heart to him
Who bled and died for me
Whose blood now cleanses from all sin
And gives me victory

Oh come angel band
Come and around me stand
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home
Oh bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home

Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a’breaking in my soul

O where are my dear mothers
O where are my dear mothers
They’re down in the valley praying
Day is a’breaking in my soul

O where are my dear fathers
O where are my dear fathers
They’ve gone up to heaven shouting
Day is a’breaking in my soul

Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Bright morning stars are rising
Day is a’breaking in my soul

I am an orphan on God’s highway
But I’ll share my troubles if you go my way
I have no mother no father
No sister no brother
I am an orphan girl

I have had friendships pure and golden
But the ties of kinship I have not known them
I know no mother no father
No sister no brother
I am an orphan girl

But when He calls me I will be able
To meet my family at God’s table
I’ll meet my mother no father
No sister no brother
No more an orphan girl

Blessed Savior make me willing
And walk beside me until I’m with them
Be my mother no father
No sister no brother
No more an orphan girl
I am an orphan girl

Have a little song, won’t take long
Sing it right, once or twice
O lordy me, didn’t I shake sugaree
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawn my chair, pawn my bed
Ain’t got nowhere to lay my head
O lordy me, didn’t I shake sugaree
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawned my tobacce, pawned my pipe
Pawned everything that was in my sight
O lordy me, didn’t I shake sugaree
Everything I got is done and pawned

Have a little secret, ain’t gonna tell
I’m going to heaving in a brown pea shell
O lordy me, didn’t I shake sugaree
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawned my farm, pawned my plow
Pawned everything, even pawned my old cow
O lordy me, didn’t I shake sugaree
Everything I got is done and pawned

Chew my tobacco, spit my juice
We raise cain and it ain’t no bit a’use
O lordy me, didn’t I shake sugaree
Everything I got is done and pawned

Have a little secret, ain’t gonna tell
I’m going to heaven and I ain’t gonna….
O lordy me, didn’t I shake sugaree
Everything I got is done and pawned

We grow the food, the food
The food of the nation, the whole wide creation
We will get down (we will get down)
on that fertile ground (on the fertile ground)
Because we love to work it out and sing the tune
We will get down (we will get down)
on that fertile ground (on the fertile ground)
Because we love to work it out and sing the tune

We got the animals, the animals
The animals of the nation, the whole wide creation
We will get down (we will get down)
on that fertile ground (on the fertile ground)
Because we love to work it out and sing the tune
We will get down (we will get down)
on that fertile ground (on the fertile ground)
Because we love to work it out and sing the tune

Ooooooh oooooooh ooooooooooooh (2x)

We got the remedy, the remedy
The remedy of the nation, the whole wide creation
We will get down (we will get down)
on that fertile ground (on the fertile ground)
Because we love to work it out and sing the tune
We will get down (we will get down)
on that fertile ground (on the fertile ground)
Because we love to work it out and sing the tune

Ooooooh oooooooh ooooooooooooh (2x)

Everytime the bluebird sings
My heart takes the wings to the sky
With bluebird’s grace I fly
To my place in your eye

But after all I did all I could
And you did you best, just the same
Nobody won, we both lost
No one’s to blame

But I fly away to you
If only pretending
We’ll be like bluebirds do
A beautiful lie
A beautiful lie
Live the beautiful lie

Everytime the bluebird sings
My heart takes the wings to the sky
With bluebird’s grace I fly
To my place in your eye

But after all I did all I could
And you did you best, just the same
Nobody won, we both lost
No one’s to blame

But I find my way to you
If I’m only pretending
We’ll be like bluebirds live
Live the beautiful lie
We’ll be like bluebirds
Live the beautiful lie