06 Aug 02 - 06:24 PM (#760932) Subject: lyr req: wounded knee From: GUEST,joan Hi, folks. I’m looking for the lyrics of WOUNDED KNEE - I guess it's not the more popular one titled BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE but another record I heard in the 80s. I don't remember the composer or singer (The key was something in e or g minor) but I still recall some words. It went like: "And they came through the misty grey morning with their bayonets drawn to kill, And the shrill sounds of bugles were calling while all was silent and still. And slain were the helpless in hundreds as the blood turned the white snow to red. Once a proud nation were we, bury our hearts on wounded knee ..." Can anybody help me? Thanks very much. |
06 Aug 02 - 06:41 PM (#760947) Subject: RE: lyr req: wounded knee From: Sorcha I found a whole bunch of stuff (lyrics) titled Wounded Knee, but not this one. Help! |
06 Aug 02 - 11:30 PM (#761078) Subject: RE: lyr req: wounded knee From: Phil Cooper Could it be Richard Digance? I think I may have that album buried somewhere still, it came out in the late '70's. |
07 Aug 02 - 03:02 AM (#761158) Subject: ADDPOP: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee From: Joe Offer I know it isn't the song that was requested, but I suppose we ought to have it available, anyhow. I found it at the Buffy Sainte-Marie Website, http://www.creative-native.com -Joe Offer- BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE Buffy Sainte-Marie © Gypsy Boy Music-SOCAN When people ask, "What happened to the North American Indians in the 1880s?", you can pretty much point to the robber barons of the time who needed to make a fortune in oil, gold and other precious metals. Simple greed in the hands of a powerful few who manipulated the media and politicians. When people ask, "What happened to the Indian movement of the sixties and seventies?", you can pretty much point to the same motives a hundred years later, with uranium added to the list in very big print. The shocking information in this song is not new, but strung together; the events tell a story that most non-Indian people don't know. Dedicated to Leonard Peltier, the memory of Anna Mae Aquash and Joseph Stuntz. INTRO: Indian legislation on the desk of a do-right Congressman Now, he don't know much about the issue so he picks up the phone and he asks advice from the Senator out in Indian country A darling of the energy companies who are ripping off what's left of the reservations. Huh. 1. I learned a safety rule I don't know who to thank Don't stand between the reservation and the corporate bank They send in federal tanks It isn't nice but it's reality chorus: Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh. 2. They got these energy companies that want the land and they've got churches by the dozen who want to guide our hands and sign Mother Earth over to pollution, war and greed Get rich... get rich quick. chorus... 3. We got the federal marshals We got the covert spies We got the liars by the fire We got the FBIs They lie in court and get nailed and still Peltier goes off to jail chorus... 4. My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped The FBI cut off her hands and told us she'd died of exposure Loo loo loo loo loo chorus... We had the Goldrush Wars Aw, didn't we learn to crawl and still our history gets written in a liar's scrawl They tell 'ya "Honey, you can still be an Indian d-d-down at the 'Y' on Saturday nights" Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh! |
07 Aug 02 - 03:13 AM (#761161) Subject: RE: lyr req: wounded knee From: Kaleea It definately is not the one by Buffy Sainte-Marie, also popularized by the Indigo Girls. Seems like I vaguely remember hearing it sung at an AIM function several years back, but I think it was a local person who sang it. Now I'm REALLY curious! |
07 Aug 02 - 10:55 AM (#761280) Subject: RE: lyr req: wounded knee From: GUEST Joan, could the song you are looking for be "Wounded Knee" by Lakota musician Buddy Red Bow? I don't remember the lyrics at all right now, as it has been years since I've heard the song. It was on his "Journey to the Spirit World" CD I think. Or maybe "Black Hills Dreamer". But I'm pretty sure it is on "Journey to the Spirit World." Good luck with your search.
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07 Aug 02 - 11:35 AM (#761300) Subject: RE: lyr req: wounded knee From: katlaughing Floyd Red Crow Westerman had a song called Wounded Knee on his tape Custer Died for Your Sins, which came out in the 80's. I haven't been able to find an audio of it, nor a posting of the lyrics, online, so can't tell if it is the right one, sorry. kat |
21 Feb 15 - 06:16 PM (#3688701) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wounded Knee From: GUEST,16 Feb 2015 Leon Redbone: We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee |
01 Jan 18 - 06:05 PM (#3896821) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wounded Knee From: GUEST,boerney no lyrics but the original song Wounded Knee by Vic Abram at YouTube. |
04 Jan 18 - 04:42 PM (#3897369) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wounded Knee From: GUEST,pauperback Interveiw w/Lolly Vegas Bump |
04 Jan 18 - 05:24 PM (#3897377) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wounded Knee From: GUEST,pauperback For dramatic effect: Reconstructed United States of America |