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"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s anti-war song written and originally recorded by the Canadian pop group The Original Caste, and was a success in Canada. When it was selected as the theme song for the 1971 film "Billy Jack," Jinx Dawson, lead singer of the American rock band Coven (who had one of the best sets of pipes around), was asked to sing it for the film. She agreed, and Coven's version, titled "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)" was used in the film and released as a single in the fall of '71. It was subsequently included on Coven's self-titled second album in 1973, and re-released as a single that year and a third time in 1974. It was named the 'Number One All Time Requested Song' in 1971 and 1973 by the American Radio Broadcasters Association.
Lyrics:
Listen children to a story
That was written long ago
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley folk below
On the mountain was the treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone
And the valley people swore
They'd have it for their very own
Go ahead and hate your neighbor - Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven - You can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away
So, the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill
Asking for the buried treasure
Tons of gold for which they'd kill
Came an answer from the kingdom
With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain
All the riches buried there
Now the valley cried with anger
Mount your horses, draw your sword!
And they killed the mountain people
So, they won their just reward
Now they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain, dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it
"Peace on Earth" was all it said
Go ahead and hate your neighbor - Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven - You can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away
Go ahead and hate your neighbor - Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven - You can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away...
(Written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter)
Lyrics:
Listen children to a story
That was written long ago
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley folk below
On the mountain was the treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone
And the valley people swore
They'd have it for their very own
Go ahead and hate your neighbor - Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven - You can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away
So, the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill
Asking for the buried treasure
Tons of gold for which they'd kill
Came an answer from the kingdom
With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain
All the riches buried there
Now the valley cried with anger
Mount your horses, draw your sword!
And they killed the mountain people
So, they won their just reward
Now they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain, dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it
"Peace on Earth" was all it said
Go ahead and hate your neighbor - Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven - You can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away
Go ahead and hate your neighbor - Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven - You can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away...
(Written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter)