| lyric | 1. He was just a lonely Cowboy,
with a heart so brave and true;
And he learned to love a maiden,
with eyes of heav’n’s own blue.
2. They had learned to love each other,
and had named their wedding day,
When a quarrel came between them?
and Jack, he rode away.
3. Hejoined a band of cowboys
and tried to forget her name,
but out on the lonely prairie
she waits for him the same.
4. One night when work was finished,
Just at the close of day,
Someone said: ”Sing a song, Jack”
t’will drive dull care away.
5. When Jack began his singing,
His mind it wandered back,
for he sang of a maiden,
Who waited for her Jack.
6. Out on the lonely praierie,
Where the skies are always blue,
Your sweetheart waits for you, Jack,
Your sweetheart waits for you.
7. Jack left the camp next morning,
Breathing his sweethearts name;
I’ll go and ask forgiveness,
For I know that I’m to blame.
8. But when he reached the prairies,
He found a new-made mound,
Andhis friends they sadly told him,
Thei’d laid his loved one down.
9. They said as she was dying,
She breathed her sweetheart’s name,
And asked them with her last breath
to tell him when he came.
10. Your sweetheart waits for you Jack,
Your sweetheart waits for you,
Out on the lonely prairie,
Where the skies are always blue. |