And the River Ran Red

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Brenn Hill

Brenn Hill (born May 26, 1976 in Ogden, Utah) is an award-winning American Western music singer-songwriter. Since winning the Western Music Association Crescendo Award in 2001, Hill has developed a significant career as a performer and songwriter, and was named the 2004 Academy of Western Artists Male Vocalist of the Year. Hill has developed a loyal fan base and has gained a significant reputation for his authentic contribution to country and cowboy music. more »

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AND THE RIVER RAN RED
By Rod Miller

Bitter wind cries out of moonless skies and canteens freeze to ice
Horses stagger on, seventy miles by dawn victory comes at a price

Drumbeats pound, songs resoundoff bluffs above river banks, a Warm Dance to bring an early spring,and send the Great Spirit thanks

And the river ran redrolling with bodies of the dead massacred on the banks of the River BearBlue-coated soldiers carried out killing orders thereand the river ran red

Hoofs test the edge of the bluff ledge to the banks of the Bear belowSplash freezes quick and the ice floats thickin the black of the river's flow

Before the sun, before night is donebrass bugles sound the attackIn Beaver Creek ravine rolled the killing machineand there was no turning back

And the river ran red rolling with bodies of the dead massacred on the banks of the River BearBlue-coated soldiers carried out killing orders thereand the river ran red

No surrender, no quarter, now blood forever stains her shorewith bayonet and gun when their work was doneThree hundred Shoshoni breathed no more 

And the river ran red rolling with bodies of the dead
And the river ran red

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