Duke Junior,
I was 15 in 1965 and I remember that song VERY well. My late husband and most of my friends were older, he was 5 years older than me. I did not meet him until I was 17 years old through a friend from my Church. He enlisted in the USN during LBJ's time - 12/65 if memory serves me right.
I remember that song, One Tin Soldier, and many of the folk songs from BOTH political sides.
NOTICE the P.C. warning signs and notes on the LINK for this song.
Thanks for that song and I was thinking of it while memories flooded my brain here.
Take care,
Catherine
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/tin.htm
One Tin Soldier
(The Legend of Billy Jack)
This song has a lesson to it -- violence is not the way. Please visit the Department of Justice Kids Pagelink to a non-NIEHS site and Federal Bureau of Investigation Kids Pagelink to a non-NIEHS site for more information about the criminal justice system and what you can do!
Catherine says, "Those words ought to be shown to some D.C. adults if you ask me!"
(by Lambert-Potter, sung by Coven)
Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.
On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.
So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.
Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.
Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.
Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.
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