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The Ballad of Ira Hayes" is a song written by folk singer Peter La Farge. Its words tell the story of Ira Hayes, one of the six marines who became famous for having raised the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all ...

All the public adulation could not erase the horrible memories forever seared in Hayes’ mind. Rather than embrace his publicity tour as his golden ticket out of the war, Hayes longed to return to...

“The Ballad of Ira Hayes” was written by Peter LaFarge and appears on the 1964 Johnny Cash album, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. This is story song about a special kind of...

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2015年2月13日 · Provided to YouTube by Columbia Nashville Legacy The Ballad of Ira Hayes · Johnny Cash Bitter Tears: Johnny Cash Sings Ballads Of The American Indian ℗ Originally released 1964.

The waters grew Ira’s peoples’ crops ‘Til the white man stole their water rights And the sparkling water stopped Now, Ira’s folks were hungry And their land grew crops of weeds When war came, Ira volunteered And forgot the white man’s greed. Call him drunken Ira Hayes He won’t answer anymore Not the whiskey drinking Indian

In 1945, Ira Hayes became a symbol of the cost of war and the struggle faced by Native American soldiers who returned home from World War II. His story, one of sacrifice, courage, and ultimate tragedy, would be immortalized in a song by one of country music’s greatest legends—Johnny Cash.

The Ballad of Ira Hayes Lyrics by Johnny Cash from the Hits [1993] album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Ira Hayes Ira Hayes Call him drunken Ira Hayes He won't answer anymore Not the whiskey drinking Indian Or the mari…

Johnny Cash - The Ballad of Ira Hayes Lyrics. Ira Hayes, Ira Hayes Call him drunken Ira Hayes He won't answer anymore Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian Nor the Marine that went to war Ga.