Well, you look just like General Custer
On the day of his last stand
Heading up into the black hills
Glorious and grand
I saw it by your side
A map in your hand
Heading up into the rain
Singing, "This Land Is Your Land"
Now I've seen your dust rising
And Ive seen your numbers swell
I've seen you crossing the badlands
And I've heard your captains yell
I've watched you when you're sleeping
I've seen you filling up your can
Thinking as you work
That this land is your land
But now you're bursting into my country
You're messing up my fields
You're playing games with my holy places
You're tearing the earth with your wheels
Right now your star is ascending
And your head is bursting with pride
But I wonder if Custer was still singing
This land is my land, when he died
Was he still singing
This is my land, when he died
Was he singing
That its my land when he died
Was he singing when he died
Was he singing when he died
Was he singing it's my land when he died
When he died, was he singing when he died
On the day of his last stand
Heading up into the black hills
Glorious and grand
I saw it by your side
A map in your hand
Heading up into the rain
Singing, "This Land Is Your Land"
Now I've seen your dust rising
And Ive seen your numbers swell
I've seen you crossing the badlands
And I've heard your captains yell
I've watched you when you're sleeping
I've seen you filling up your can
Thinking as you work
That this land is your land
But now you're bursting into my country
You're messing up my fields
You're playing games with my holy places
You're tearing the earth with your wheels
Right now your star is ascending
And your head is bursting with pride
But I wonder if Custer was still singing
This land is my land, when he died
Was he still singing
This is my land, when he died
Was he singing
That its my land when he died
Was he singing when he died
Was he singing when he died
Was he singing it's my land when he died
When he died, was he singing when he died
inviata da DoNQuijote82 - 6/8/2014 - 15:12
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Published in 2001 in "Too close to Heaven"
George Armstrong Custer (New Rumley, 5 dicembre 1839 – Little Bighorn, 25 giugno 1876) è stato un generale statunitense. Fu ufficiale dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti e comandante della cavalleria durante la guerra di secessione statunitense e le guerre indiane. Cresciuto nel Michigan e nell'Ohio, Custer venne ammesso a West Point nel 1858, dove si diplomò ultimo della sua classe. Comunque con lo scoppio della guerra civile statunitense venne chiamato a servire nell'esercito dell'Unione.
Durante la guerra civile si guadagnò una buona reputazione. Prese parte alla prima battaglia di Bull Run e la sua carriera fu aiutata dalla sua associazione con diversi importanti ufficiali e si dimostrò un efficace comandante di cavalleria. Venne infine promosso al rango temporaneo (brevetto) di maggior generale e al termine della guerra venne riportato al suo rango permanente di capitano. Alla conclusione della campagna di Appomattox, nella quale le sue truppe giocarono un ruolo decisivo, Custer fu presente alla resa del generale Robert E. Lee.
Dopo la guerra di secessione venne inviato a combattere nelle guerre indiane. Nella sua disastrosa impresa finale, Custer e tutti i suoi uomini furono uccisi nel 1876 nella battaglia del Little Bighorn, combattendo contro una coalizione di tribù native nella battaglia che divenne popolarmente nota nella storia statunitense come "Custer's Last Stand".