Here's the words as recorded by Wilf Carter. They differ somewhat from those shown previously.

DAKOTA'S CROSS

Under the light of the Western sky
After a weary day
Fast to a bronco two cowboys clung
Lost on the plains were they

Hunger and sickness had been their lot
Filled with a nameless dread
Searching for water they knew not where
One to the other one said:

Far in the east where both we grew
Two buddies, side by side
There is a maiden so good and true
She is my promised bride.

When you return, go and comfort her
Don't let her mourn my loss
Tell her I sleep neath a pillow so deep
Under Dakota's Cross

After a weary night had fled
After the stars had flown
Out of the east there came a storm
Claiming them for its own

Far in the east a maiden weeps
Mourning her lover's loss
She never knew what his last words were
Under Dakota's Cross

Far in the east where both they grew
Two buddies side by side
There is a maiden so good and true
She is my promised bride

When you return, go comfort her
Don't let her mourn my loss
Tell her I sleep neath the pillow deep
Under Dakota's Cross.