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13) Wounded Knee - m.litton

There’s ice across the river on this cold Dakota night
The eyes of each soldier burns from the wind as they ride
Through the air they hear a ghostly chant
As they follow the trail of hoof-prints through the sand
In the morning a Cheyenne scout comes riding down a butte
He says that just ahead they’ll find Big Foot and his Sioux
The Chief rides ill upon a pony drag
His people are starving, they carry the white flag

Chorus: Soon the buffalo will roam upon the plains
The elk and the deer will play
The bluestem will flood across the sod
When our warriors return from beyond

“We’ll put the captured band in camp at Wounded Knee
Put the big guns upon that rise just west of the creek
I want the ranks to form on all sides
Give the Sioux plenty of food and firewood for the night
You soldiers skin your saddles, each rank put out its guard
And keep a steady hand at dawn when we take their arms”
Then the Colonel goes to parley with the Sioux
“Tell your warriors, Chief, we want peace like you”

The white buffalo moon rises in the sky
And runs upon the sweating flank of the black deep night
In their ‘Ghost Shirts’ the Sioux warriors dance
About the flaming hell where they have all been damned
The Northern Spirit speaks, his lights are red for war
The sun bleeds through the ice as the day is born
A stallion neighs, a woman screams
For both can scent the danger which men can only dream
(chorus)

The famous commander of the 7th Calvary
Was the Wolf of Washita who died with gnashing teeth
There are some from the old command among the men
And they would pay the devil dearly to have revenge
Colonel James Forsyth marches to the camp
Says, “The weapons of each warrior must pass into our hands”
Their sabers rattle as they search through each tent
The Sioux are growing restless as a fire in a changing wind
(chorus)

Their medicine man Yellow Bird urges them to fight
“Remember Wovoka said the soldier dogs must die!”
Black Fox pulls a rifle from his robe
One soldier dies then the whole damn camp explodes
The Hotchkiss guns laugh as they knives are unsheathed
The women and the children fall down a dry ravine
Over 300 Sioux die that day
They lived as one now they sleep in one mass grave

The warrior with the wolf and the bear has died
A blizzard roars down from the sky
Above the wounded the sabers fall
And the eagle has flown to God

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from Bare Bones, released October 2, 2020

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I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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