correction, Willie Dunn's song is simply called "Louis Riel" written in the late 60's.... one of my favorites from him, so I'll take a bit of time to type the words for you.... the music is uptempo, with either Bob Robb or Lee Cremon on fiddle, ....

LOUIS RIEL
(Willie Dunn)

In eighteen hundred and eighty four
Half breed horsemen knocking at the back door
Louis, Louis what about the people
The people are hungry, the people need food
Damn the traders and the buffalo skinners
Let's send them back from where they came
And bring the good days back again right now
Send them packing and fight right now

There's a half breed scout down at Piapot's camp
Then on to Pasqua, Big Bear everywhere
He urged them and begged hem, cajoled them
There he was, a-laying on the wisdom
The people are hungey, there they stand a-dying now

The priests are upset and the agents up and angry
Letters are a-flying from agencies to Ottawa
Better stop the man no matter what the cost is
Beat him, defeat him, throw him in the jailhouse now

Oh, Middleton's men from the Fish Creek fight
Running like the devil from the half-breed might
Beaten by the Breeds of Lac Laloche
Showed up later at the town of Batoche
With the Gatling guns a-ripin' up the town
And the half-breed bullets shaking up the sky
Sure it's a good day to stand and die right now
Against oppression, and we'll fight right now

Well the R.C.M. horsemen, the government-of-course men
Sent out the guards to stop him and arrest him
Told young Louis that he was going to hang high
Well, you can't get away with putting down the government
Beat him, defeat him, throw him in the piss can now

Well, the rest of the story has often been told
They hung young Louis so brave and so bold
Fought so hard a-workin' for the people
Giving his life, working for the people
I know another man who did that too
They hung him on a cross in Calvary
Working for the people
And they took his life