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Thread #20039   Message #207134
Posted By: Metchosin
05-Apr-00 - 01:48 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Subject: RE: Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie????
It's a different song Easy Rider. "The Cowboy's Lament" or "The Streets of Larado" was based on the The Unfortunate Rake and still retains the odd request for a cowboy requesting a military burial. "Down by the Royal Albion" was variant of the same tune, that my grandfather sang and I think there has been a number of threads on this, linking it to Locke Hospital and St. James Infirmary, although I only know the latter by a different tune than the others.