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Bibliography: "Bury me not on the lone Prairee" by Unknown
- Title
- "Bury me not on the lone Prairee"
- Author
- Unknown
- Genre
- song
- Note Source
- My Antonia Book I, Chap. 9
- Note Relating to Cather
- The original tune was "The Ocean Burial" composed by George N. Allen, and the first line reads: "O! bury me not in the deep, deep sea." In My Antonia, Otto Fuchs sings the cowboy version.