The Uranium War Songtext
von Buffy Sainte‐Marie

Ay-hey, ay, hi-lo
Ay-hi, ya-ha, a-ha-yo

There was a Cree, and a Sioux, and a Navajo
An Arapaho, and a Hopi, hi-yo
We were stranded, snowbound, eh–ho, well I don′t know
Sleeping on the floor like the best of friends
Living on tea and odds and ends
Ah, were we lucky? Now, it all depends

There was Cordell, and me, and Norman Brown
Sitting around away from town
And me, I'm listening, hey-ho, big mountain guys
Watch the sunrise in your eyes
Taking care of the elders′ pride
Hey, hey, Mother Earth, hey, hey, Father Sky


And me I watched it grow
Corporate greed and a lust for gold
And coal, and oil and, hey, now uranium
Keep the Indians under your thumb
Pray like hell when your bad times come
Hey, rip 'em up, strip 'em up, get ′em with a gun

She was a friend of mine
Annie Mae in the snows of the wintertime
We were running cross the fields of Indian land
Ducking bullets from the guns of the pale men
Oh, oh, oh
Patriot Woman hunted in the land
What did you say about uranium?
She come to see me one day
I was living in a little place in L.A.
She was running from the feel of the jailor′s touch
Singing hey, hi-yo I think I know too much
About uranium

And me I watched it grow
Corporate greed and a lust for gold
And coal, and oil and, hey, now uranium
Keep the Indians under your thumb
Pray like hell when your bad times come
Hey, rip 'em up, strip ′em up, get 'em with a gun