Bigfoot

<p>[Spoken Intro]<br/>But the land was already claimed by a people when the cowboy came and when the soldiers came<br/>The story of the American Indian is in a lot of ways a story of tragedy<br/>Like that day at Wounded Knee, South Dakota<br/><br/>[Verse 1]<br/>Big Foot was an Indian chief<br/>Of the Minneconjou band<br/>A band of Minneconjou Sioux<br/>From South Dakota land<br/>Then Big Foot said to Custer<br/>Stay away from Crazy Horse<br/>But Custer crossed into Sioux land<br/>And he never came back across<br/>Then Big Foot led his people<br/>To a place called Wounded Knee<br/>And they found themselves surrounded<br/>By the 7th Cavalry<br/>[Chorus 1]<br/>Big chief Big Foot<br/>Rise up from your bed<br/>Minneconjou babies cry<br/>For their mothers lying dead<br/><br/>[Verse 2]<br/>Big Foot was down with a fever<br/>When he reached Wounded Knee<br/>And his people all were prisoners<br/>Of the 7th Cavalry<br/>Two hundred women and children<br/>And another hundred men<br/>Raised up a white flag of peace<br/>But peace did not begin<br/>An accidental gunshot<br/>And Big Foot was first to die<br/>And over the noise of the rifles<br/>You could hear the babies cry<br/><br/>[Chorus 2]<br/>Big chief Big Foot<br/>It&#x27;s good that you can&#x27;t see<br/>Revenge is being wrought<br/>By Custer&#x27;s 7th Cavalry<br/>[Verse 3]<br/>Then smoke hung over the canyon<br/>On that cold December day<br/>All was death and dying<br/>Around where Big Foot lay<br/>Farther on up the canyon<br/>Some had tried to run and hide<br/>But death showed no favourites<br/>Women, men, and children died<br/>One side called it a massacre<br/>The other a victory<br/>But the white flag is still waving<br/>Today at Wounded Knee<br/><br/>[Outro][x2]<br/>Big chief Big Foot<br/>Your Minneconjou band<br/>Is more than remembered here<br/>In South Dakota land