Big Foot was an Indian chief
Of the Miniconjou band,
A band of Miniconjou Sioux
From South Dakota Land
Big Foot said to Custer:
"Stay away from Crazy Horse!"
But Custer crossed into Sioux land,
And he never came back across
Then Big Foot led his people
To a place called Wounded Knee,
And they found themselves surrounded
By the 7th Cavalry
Big chief Big Foot,
Rise up from you bed!
Miniconjou babies cry
For their mothers lying dead
Big Foot was down with a fever
When he reached Wounded Knee;
And his people all were prisoners
Of the 7th Cavalry.
Two hundred women and children
And another hundred men
Raised up a white flag of peace,
But peace did not begin
And accidental gunshot
And Big Foot was first to die;
And over the noise of the rifles
You could hear the babies cry
Big chief Big Foot,
It's good that you can't see!
Revenge is being wrought
By Custer's 7th Cavalry
Then smoke hung over the canyon
On that cold December day
All was death and dying
Around where Big Foot lay
Farther on up the canyon
Some had tried to run and hide;
But death showed no favorites,
Women, men, and children died
One side called it 'a massacre',
The other 'a victory'!
But the white flag is still waving
Today at Wounded Knee
Big chief Big Foot,
Your Miniconjou band
Is mourned and remembered here
In South Dakota Land
