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GUEST,radriano Origins: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (120* d) Lyr Add: BURY ME NOT IN THE DEEP DEEP SEA 05 Apr 00


I don't know if this is related or not:

BURY ME NOT IN THE DEEP, DEEP SEA

From the band Nightingale (singer - Keith Murphy)
Adapted from the Peacock Collection


Oh, bury me not in the deep, deep sea
These words came slow and faintly
From the pallid lips of a youth who lay
In his cabin bunk at the close of day

Oh, bury me not in the deep, deep sea
Where the cold dark waves will swallow me
Where no light shall break through the darkening waves
And no sunbeam find my silent grave

He mourned and pined til o'er his brow
Death's shades had slowly crept there now
He wished his home and his loved ones nigh
As the sailors gathered to see him die

Oh, bury me not - his voice failed there
They paid no heed to his dying prayer
They lowered him down o'er the ships dark side
And above him closed the dismal tide

He bore no costly winding sheet
To wrap around his head or feet
They lowered him down where the billows roar
In the deep, deep sea far from the shore

A girl on shore, many tears will shed
For the one who lies on the ocean bed
Above his heart the whale will hiss
And his pallid lips the fish will kiss


Regards,
radriano


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