One Tin Soldier Lyrics
amber
artist who does
One Tin Soldier
It would be great if someone out there could help us, cause no one in our
hometown seems to have any clue what-so-ever as to who the artist is, or the
lyrics, so we're leftkinda out in the cold.
Thanks,
amber elliott
Childuf60s
"Original Caste" and "Coven"
Here are the lyrics:
Track Title: One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack)
Album Title: Have A Nice Decade: disc 2
Prime Artist: Coven
Vocal: Jinx Dawson
Originally made famous The Original Caste
Written by: Brian Potter
Written by: Dennis Lambert
From: Billy Jack 1971 (M)
Lyrics:
Listen children to a story
That was written long ago
'Bout a kingdom, on a mountain
And the valley folk below
On the mountian was a treasure
Burried deep beneath a stone
And the valley people swore
They'd have it for their very own
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away
So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill
Asking for the burried treasure
Tons of gold for which they'd kill
Cam an answer from the kingdom
With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain
N' all the riches burried there
Now the valley cried in anger
Mount your horses
Draw your sword
And they killed the mountain people
So they won their just reward
Now they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain dark and red
Turn the stone and which beneath it
"Peace on Earth"
Was all it said
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away tpe...@gte.net
Giovanni
>This song was done by two groups:
>"Original Caste" and "Coven"
Interesting you mention this song--I was just about to ask about it. It played
the other morning on our local radio station, and the DJ said it was by Coven,
only he pronounced it as "KO-ven", not the "KUH-ven" as you would expect. Have
we been wrong all these years, or is he just as dumb as we suspect he is?
Harley + Barb Tuck
I can get the lyrics typed in later today.
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Harley + Barb Tuck <gwy...@nmia.com> writes:
> The artist is Coven, at least for the movie, "Billy Jack"
> I can get the lyrics typed in later today.
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, amber wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone, me and a friend of mine are looking for the lyrics and the
>> artist who does
>> One Tin Soldier
>> It would be great if someone out there could help us, cause no one in our
>> hometown seems to have any clue what-so-ever as to who the artist is, or the
>> lyrics, so we're leftkinda out in the cold.
>> Thanks,
>> amber elliott
>>
>>
>>
>>
Chris
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One Tin Soldier
Listen people to a story
that was written long ago,
'bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley folks below.
On the mountain was a treasure
Hidden deep beneath a stone,
And the valley people swore
They'd have it for their very own.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven,
you can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after.............
One Tin Soldier rides away.
So the people of the valley
sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.
Came the answer from the kingdom,
With our brothers we will share,
All the riches of the mountain,
All the treasure buried there.
Now the valley cried with anger,
Mount your horses, draw your swords
And they killed the mountain people,
So they won their just rewards
Now they stood before the treasure
On the mountain dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it ...................
Peace On Earth, was all it said.
Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat and friend,
Do it in the name of heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after..................
One Tin Soldier rides away.
From: stephanie burnakus <spo...@terragon.com>
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Childuf60s
< [One Tin Soldier was] played the other morning on our local radio station,
and the DJ said it was by Coven, only he pronounced it as "KO-ven", not the
"KUH-ven" as you would expect. Have we been wrong all these years, or is he
just as dumb as we suspect he is? >
Heh heh. Definitely the latter.
Wayne Garvin
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/3431/aml.html
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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:52:52 -0700 "amber" <amb...@silk.net> wrote:
>Hi everyone, me and a friend of mine are looking for the lyrics and the
>artist who does One Tin Soldier
>It would be great if someone out there could help us, cause no one in our
>hometown seems to have any clue what-so-ever as to who the artist is, or the
>lyrics, so we're leftkinda out in the cold.
"One Tin Soldier" was originally by a Canadian group called The Original
Caste. It was released in November 1969, reached #1 on the CHUM chart
(Toronto, Canada) in December 1969 and #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 (USA)
early in 1970.
It was covered by Coven in 1971 and featured in the movie "Billy Jack"
starring Tom Laughlin. Coven's version peaked at #26 on the Billboard Hot
100 late in 1971.
"One Tin Soldier"
- words and music by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
About a kingdom on a mountain,
And the valley folk below.
The mountain people had a treasure,
Buried underneath a stone;
The valley people sought that treasure,
Sought it for their very own.
Go ahead and hate your neighbour,
Go ahead and cheat a friend,
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
Come the judgment day.
On the bloody morning after...
One tin soldier rides away.
The valley people sent a message
To the kingdom on the hill,
Asking for that buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.
The mountain people sent their answer,
'With our brothers we will share
All the riches of our mountain,
All the treasures buried there.'
Go ahead and hate your neighbour,
Go ahead and cheat a friend,
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
Come the judgment day.
On the bloody morning after...
One tin soldier rides away.
The valley people cried in anger,
'Mount your horses! Draw your swords!'
They killed all the mountain people,
So they earned their just rewards.
As they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain dark and red,
They turned the stone and looked beneath it.
'Peace on Earth' was all it said."