https://www.reanchord.comBallad Of Ira Hayes
by Johnny Cash
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AIra Hayes Ira DHayes
(CHORUS) Call him dArunken Ira Hayes
he wonFt Danswer anymore
not the Ewhiskey drinkinF Indian
nor the AMarine that went to war
AGather round me people thereFs a Dstory I would tell
about a Ebrave young Indian yoAu should remember well
>From the land of the Pima Indian a proud and noble band
who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land
Down the ditches for a thousand years the water grew IraFs peoples crops
till the white man stole the water rights and the sparklin water stopped
Now IraFs folks were hungry and their land grew crops of weeds
When war came, Ira volunteered and forgot the white manFs greed
CHORUS. There they battled up Iwo JimaFs hill, Two hundred and fifty men
but only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again
and when the fight was over and when Old Glory raised
among the men who held it high was the Indian, Ira Hayes
CHORUS. Ira 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 water, no crops, no chance
at home nobody cared what IraFd done and when did the Indians dance
CHORUS. Then Ira started drinkinF hard; jail was often his home
theyFd let him raise the flag and lower it
like youFd throw a dog a bone!
He died drunk one morninF alone in the land he fought to save
two inches of water in a lonely ditch was a grave for Ira Hayes
CHORUS. Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes but his land is just as dry
and his ghost is lyinF thirsty in the ditch where Ira died
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