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Artist: Johnny Cash
Author: Peter LaFarge
Label: Columbia
Year: 1964
On LP Bitter Tears. LaFarge wrote five out of eigth tracks. See also: Ballad Of Ira Hayes.
Covers:
Peter LaFarge [on Folkways LP On The Warpath]
SSgt. Barry Sadler [as Ballad Of The Green Berets]
Peter was a Nargaset indian (Hopi). The melody of his Drums was the model for SSgt. Barry Sadler's hit, or how a Native American protest song was mis-used to advocate warfare in Vietnam.
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