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When I was a growing boy,
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a-rocking on my daddy's knee,
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Daddy took an old guitar and sang
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“Bury me on the lone prairie."
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Uncle Bob sat at the piano,
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my girl cousins sang harmony,
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those were the good old family times
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that left a big mark on me.
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Bury me out on the prairie where the buffalo used to roam,
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where the Canada geese once filled the sky,
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and then I won't be far from home.
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Bury me out on the prairie, where the buffalo used to roam,
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you won't have to shed a tear for me,
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'cause then I won't be far from home.
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Walking down the trans-Canada highway,
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I was talking to a firefly,
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trying to make my way to Nashville, Tennessee,
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when another car passed me by.
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Some day I'm gonna make big money,
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and buy myself a big old car,
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make my way on down to that promised land,
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and then I'm gonna really go far.
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Bury me out on the prairie where the buffalo used to roam,
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where the Canada geese once filled the sky,
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and then I won't be far from home.
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Just bury me out on the prairie, where the buffalo used to roam,
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you won't have to shed a tear for me,
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'cause then I won't be far from home.
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