Johnny Cash: The Ballad of Ira Hayes Meaning
Song Released: 1964
The Ballad of Ira Hayes Lyrics
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Ira Hayes
[CHORUS:]
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war
Gather round me people there's a story I would tell
About a brave young Indian you should...
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anonymous Nov 11th, 2011 11:38am report
The Pima USMC corporal from Arizona who was immortalized as one of the Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima never was able to reconcile the loss of his fellow Marines while he was hailed as a hero. Alcohol only fueled his frustration until his death in 1955.
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