From the film “Kit Carson”, 1940.
Words by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest.
Music by Edward Ward.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I dreamed last night of the old frontier
Of wagon trains and the pioneer
Of Wild Bill Hickock, and Buff’lo Bill
Of Young Kit Carson, I see them still
Ridin’ on in the nations dawn, Westward, Ho
Chorus
Sail along, prairie schooner
Down a thousand weary trails
Your long journey west has begun
Travel on, prairie schooner
Roolin’ wheels for your sails
Travel on till you find the setting sun
There’s a land of plenty waitin’
‘Neath a western sky of blue
Where a brave new world is destined to come true
Ship ahoy! prairie schooner
Rollin’ wheels never rest
Till your long journey west is done