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The Last Man of Truth

from Lonely Heroes: Home by John Spearn

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Where the whiskey runs in the late night sun and the drunk men scoff the law
And a million buffalo, each one ton, I swear that’s what I saw
We’re on our way all the long, long day, in a tandem column we ride
My name is Cecil Denny, on a Percheron in stride…on the Queen Victoria side
Chorus: Down a dusty trail of endless land, and the letter of law is in our hands
We’re the scarlet horsemen’s pride, on the Queen Victoria side.
Travelling north of the Medicine Line with the Sioux where the coulee’s wynd
Chase American scum down to Fort Benton, dump the whiskey left behind, rotten whiskey l.b.
And I saw Sitting Bull ride that night, everyone stopped and prayed
And he spoke right out in Lakota tongue and {we knew he’d been betrayed}
Hey-hey-ya, *Wik ak e’ sni
Spoken:
“The millions of Buffalo were wiped out… by hordes of American poachers, starving out the Sioux. Sitting Bull reluctantly returned to the American side on a promise of fair treatment. Soon after he was murdered by government hired guns-Indian Police drunkards. All we could do was shake our heads. The last man of truth was gone”.
Hey-hey-ya,
(Repeat Chorus)
Now I watch the sun from Wood Mountain, where the Percheron’s tail no longer swayed…
I had to put him down dear Lord, down like the buffalo, {On the Queen Victoria side}.
Coda: {Hay-hay, ya}
*Lakota term for traitor/liar

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from Lonely Heroes: Home, released August 18, 2014

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John Spearn Edmonton, Alberta

You’ll instantly catch these deep influences threaded through John’s fine vocals, lyrics, and rootsy, guitar-mastered songwriting works. This is pure Canadiana: forgotten but deserving heroes, the humility in our international image, and a superb range of tender ballads through to raw, foot-stompin’ stories that need to be told. ... more

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