Big Foot

[Verse 1] But the land was already claimed by a people when the cowboy came and when the soldiers came The story of the American Indian is in a lot of ways a story of tragedy Like that day at Wounded Knee, South Dakota [Verse 2] Big Foot was an Indian chief Of the Minneconjou band A band of Minneconjou Sioux From South Dakota land [Verse 3] Big Foot said to Custer Stay away from Crazy Horse But Custer crossed into Sioux land And he never came back across [Verse 4] Then Big Foot led his people To a place called Wounded Knee And they found themselves surrounded By the 7th Cavalry [Verse 5] Big chief Big Foot Rise up from your bed Minneconjou babies cry For their mothers lying dead [Verse 6] Big Foot was down with a fever When he reached Wounded Knee And his people all were prisoners Of the 7th Cavalry [Verse 7] Two hundred women and children And another hundred men Raised up a white flag of peace But peace did not begin [Verse 8] An accidental gunshot And Big Foot was first to die And over the noise of the rifles You could hear the babies cry [Verse 9] Big chief Big Foot It's good that you can't see Revenge is being wrought By Custer's 7th Cavalry [Verse 10] Then smoke hung over the canyon On that cold December day All was death and dying Around where Big Foot lay [Verse 11] Farther on up the canyon Some had tried to run and hide But death showed no favorites Women, men, and children died [Verse 12] One side called it a massacre The other a "victory But the white flag is still waving Today at Wounded Knee [Outro] Big chief Big Foot Your Minneconjou band Is more than remembered here In South Dakota land