| When shadows creep across the hills |
| And purple streaks the sky |
| When cattle bunch up closer for the night… |
| That’s when you hear the whipoorwill |
| Start singing sweet and high |
| That’s when you hear the prairie lullaby |
| The breezes play, the branches sway |
| Somewhere a coyote cries |
| Ah ee oh loh di, it’s a prairie lullaby |
| When later on the sun is gone |
| The campfire fights the dark |
| Snd a million stars are twinkling in the sky |
| That’s when you see a cowboy reach |
| For his old mouth harp |
| That’s when you’ll hear the prairie lullaby |
| The breezes play the branches sway |
| And somewhere a coyote cries |
| Ah ee oh lodi, it’s a prairie lullaby |
| Ah ee oh loh di, it’s a prairie lullaby |