He was just a lonely cowboy with a heart so brave and true
He learned to love a maiden with eyes of heaven's own blue

They learned to love each other, and named their wedding day
When a quarrel came between them, and Jack, he rode away

He joined a band of cowboys, and tried to forget her name
But out on the lonely prairie she waits for him the same

One night when work was finished, just at the close of day
Someone said: Sing a song, Jack, t'will drive those cares away

When Jack began his singing
His mind, it wandered back
He sang of a maiden
Who waiting for her Jack

Your sweetheart waits for you, Jack
Your sweetheart waits for you
Out on the lonely prairie
Where the skies are always blue

Jack left the camp next morning
Breathing his sweetheart's name
I'll go and ask forgiveness
For I know that I'm to blame

He cross the old red river
And reached straight for town
But his friends, they sadly told him
They laid his loved one down

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

Your sweetheart waits for you, Jack
Your sweetheart waits for you
Out on the lonely prairie
Where the skies are always blue