The Ballad Of Ira Hayes

Song The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
Artist Johnny Cash
Album Legend Of Johnny Cash Vol. 2

Lyrics

[00:01.13] Artist：johnny cash
[00:02.64] Songs Title：the ballad of ira hayes
[00:05.70]
[00:17.04] Ira Hayes
[00:19.78]
[00:20.79] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[00:24.53] He won't answer anymore
[00:27.71] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[00:30.27] Nor the Marine that went to war
[00:34.34]
[00:39.52] Gather round me people there's a story I would tell
[00:44.76] About a brave young Indian you should remember well
[00:49.47] From the land of the Pima Indian
[00:52.59] A proud and noble band
[00:55.15] Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land
[01:01.02] Down the ditches for a thousand years
[01:03.39] The water grew Ira's peoples' crops
[01:06.01] 'Till the white man stole the water rights
[01:08.57] And the sparklin' water stopped
[01:11.75] Now Ira's folks were hungry
[01:14.25] And their land grew crops of weeds
[01:16.80] When war came, Ira volunteered
[01:19.55] And forgot the white man's greed
[01:20.92] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[01:25.54] He won't answer anymore
[01:28.53] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[01:30.97] Nor the Marine that went to war
[01:33.35]
[01:36.53] There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill,
[01:39.96] Two hundred and fifty men
[01:42.40] But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again
[01:47.51] And when the fight was over
[01:49.88] And when Old Glory raised
[01:52.63] Among the men who held it high
[01:55.31] Was the Indian, Ira Hayes
[02:05.67] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[02:08.36] He won't answer anymore
[02:11.16] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[02:13.53] Nor the Marine that went to war
[02:22.02] Ira returned a hero
[02:25.02] Celebrated through the land
[02:27.26] He was wined and speeched and honored;
[02:30.19] Everybody shook his hand
[02:32.44] But he was just a Pima Indian
[02:35.44] No water, no crops, no chance
[02:37.93] At home nobody cared what Ira'd done
[02:40.74] And when did the Indians dance
[02:43.98] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[02:46.79] He won't answer anymore
[02:49.66] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[02:51.85] Nor the Marine that went to war
[02:54.78]
[02:57.83] Then Ira started drinkin' hard;
[03:00.70] Jail was often his home
[03:03.09] They'd let him raise the flag and lower it
[03:05.53] like you'd throw a dog a bone!
[03:09.91]
[03:10.60] He died drunk one mornin'
[03:13.97] Alone in the land he fought to save
[03:16.40] Two inches of water in a lonely ditch
[03:18.58] Was a grave for Ira Hayes
[03:22.14] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[03:24.70] He won't answer anymore
[03:27.70] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[03:29.88] Nor the Marine that went to war
[03:35.00] Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes
[03:38.74] But his land is just as dry
[03:41.42] And his ghost is lyin' thirsty
[03:42.58]
[03:44.33] In the ditch where Ira died

Pinyin

[00:01.13] Artist: johnny cash
[00:02.64] Songs Title: the ballad of ira hayes
[00:05.70]
[00:17.04] Ira Hayes
[00:19.78]
[00:20.79] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[00:24.53] He won' t answer anymore
[00:27.71] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[00:30.27] Nor the Marine that went to war
[00:34.34]
[00:39.52] Gather round me people there' s a story I would tell
[00:44.76] About a brave young Indian you should remember well
[00:49.47] From the land of the Pima Indian
[00:52.59] A proud and noble band
[00:55.15] Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land
[01:01.02] Down the ditches for a thousand years
[01:03.39] The water grew Ira' s peoples' crops
[01:06.01] ' Till the white man stole the water rights
[01:08.57] And the sparklin' water stopped
[01:11.75] Now Ira' s folks were hungry
[01:14.25] And their land grew crops of weeds
[01:16.80] When war came, Ira volunteered
[01:19.55] And forgot the white man' s greed
[01:20.92] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[01:25.54] He won' t answer anymore
[01:28.53] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[01:30.97] Nor the Marine that went to war
[01:33.35]
[01:36.53] There they battled up Iwo Jima' s hill,
[01:39.96] Two hundred and fifty men
[01:42.40] But only twentyseven lived to walk back down again
[01:47.51] And when the fight was over
[01:49.88] And when Old Glory raised
[01:52.63] Among the men who held it high
[01:55.31] Was the Indian, Ira Hayes
[02:05.67] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[02:08.36] He won' t answer anymore
[02:11.16] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[02:13.53] Nor the Marine that went to war
[02:22.02] Ira returned a hero
[02:25.02] Celebrated through the land
[02:27.26] He was wined and speeched and honored
[02:30.19] Everybody shook his hand
[02:32.44] But he was just a Pima Indian
[02:35.44] No water, no crops, no chance
[02:37.93] At home nobody cared what Ira' d done
[02:40.74] And when did the Indians dance
[02:43.98] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[02:46.79] He won' t answer anymore
[02:49.66] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[02:51.85] Nor the Marine that went to war
[02:54.78]
[02:57.83] Then Ira started drinkin' hard
[03:00.70] Jail was often his home
[03:03.09] They' d let him raise the flag and lower it
[03:05.53] like you' d throw a dog a bone!
[03:09.91]
[03:10.60] He died drunk one mornin'
[03:13.97] Alone in the land he fought to save
[03:16.40] Two inches of water in a lonely ditch
[03:18.58] Was a grave for Ira Hayes
[03:22.14] Call him drunken Ira Hayes
[03:24.70] He won' t answer anymore
[03:27.70] Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
[03:29.88] Nor the Marine that went to war
[03:35.00] Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes
[03:38.74] But his land is just as dry
[03:41.42] And his ghost is lyin' thirsty
[03:42.58]
[03:44.33] In the ditch where Ira died