Song Lyrics Unknown - Ira Hayes    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Ira Hayes Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Ira Hayes Theme ID: 4438 Album: N/A IRA HAYES by Peter LaFarge (verses spoken, chorus sung) Gather round me people and a story I will tell About a brave young Indian - you should remember well From the tribe of Pima Indians- a proud and peaceful band Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land Down their ditches for a thousand years the sparkling water rushed Till the white man stole their water rights and the running water hushed Now Ira's folks were hungry and their farm grew crops of weeds But when war came, he volunteered and forgot the white man's greed Ira Hayes, Ira Hayes Call him drunken Ira hayes He won't answer any more Not the whiskey drinking Indian Nor the Marine who went to war They started up Ira Jima hill, two hundred and fifty men But only twenty seven lived to walk back down again And when the fight was over and Old Glory raised Among the men who held it high was the Indian, Ira Hayes Ira Hayes returned a hero, celebrated through the land He was wined and speeched and honored, everybody shook his hand But he was just a Pima Indian - no money, no crops, no chance At home nobody cared what Ira'd done and when do the Indians dance? Then Ira started drinking hard, jail often was his home They let him raise the flag there and lower it as you'd throw a dog a bone He died drunk early one morning, alone in the land he'd fought to save Two inches of water in a lonely ditch was the grave for Ira Hayes Yes, call him drunken Ira Hayes But his land is still as dry And his ghost is lying thirsty In the ditch where Ira died words and tune by Peter LaFarge @Indian @west @war @soldier @drink filename[ IRAHAYES SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Isle Au Haut Lullaby Hay Ledge Song, Isle Of May, Israel Anthem Text, Israel Native Anthem Text, It Aint Gonna Rain, It Aint Gonna Rain No More, It Came Upon The Midnight Clear, It Must Have Been The Wine, It Pays To Advertise, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Italy Native Anthem Text, Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, Its The Talk Of The Town, Its A Long Long Way To Tipperary, Its A Long Way From Amphioxus, Its A Pleasure To Know You, Its A Shyme, Its Always The Right Time For Love, Its Better To Be Single Than A Poor Mans Wife, Its Not Just What Youre Born With, Its Only A Wee Wee, Its Only My Auld Sheen False Bride, Its Organic, Its Sister Jennys Turn To Throw The Bomb, Its The Syme The Ole World Over, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Ive Been To Harlem, Ive Been Working On The Railroad, Ive Got A Ferret, Ive Got Better Things To Do, Ive Got No Use For The Women, Ive Got Sixpence, Ive Got The Clanks, Ja So Warns Die Alten Rittersleut, Jack Ash Society, Jack In The Green, Jack Odiamonds, Jack Rowland, Jack The Sailor Jackie Monroe, Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor, Jackaroe, Jackson, Jam On Gerrys Rock, Jam On Gerrys Rocks, Jamaica Anthem Text, Jamaica Farewell, James Bird, James Campbell, James Connolly, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy