(Spoken)
Buffalo Soldier, Buffalo Soldier [2]
Will you survive in this new land?
Buffalo Soldier, Buffalo, Buffalo, Buffalo Soldier
Tell me when will they call you...you a man
In the eighteen-hundreds
In Arizona and Mexico
Came a brand new soldier
The Indians called him "Buffalo"
From prison camps to slavery
Oh, the black man came to be
He was a hard-riding hero
Of the 10th Cavalry,
(hut-two-three)
You know many other soldiers
Lord, they wanted to desert
They were tired of the hatred, yes they were
They were so tired of the hurt
They were tired of the killing, oh no
And of the misery,oh Lord
But they had to keep on fightin'
So one day,we would be free
We wanna thank you right here
Buffalo soldier, Buffalo soldier
If you'd only listen to me,oh Lord
I wonder when...it's been a long time...
will they call you a man? Ohhh Lord
Buffalo Soldier, Buffalo Soldier
If you'd only listen to me, oh Lord, huh
I wonder when, when will they call you a man
Oh I wonder when, when will they call you a man
Oh Lord, I wonder when,
when will they call you a man?
When America was still just a young country,
many soldiers went to battle so that this land
could become the great United States of America.
This story is about a group of soldiers that made up one
segment of the United States Cavalry during the Great
Indian Uprising. [1] To the Indian this soldier looked
strange and different because he wasn't white, he
was black; thick wooly hair, strong. He sorta reminded
the Indian of the great buffalo, so the Indian called this
black Cavalry soldier "Buffalo Soldier".
many soldiers went to battle so that this land
could become the great United States of America.
This story is about a group of soldiers that made up one
segment of the United States Cavalry during the Great
Indian Uprising. [1] To the Indian this soldier looked
strange and different because he wasn't white, he
was black; thick wooly hair, strong. He sorta reminded
the Indian of the great buffalo, so the Indian called this
black Cavalry soldier "Buffalo Soldier".
Buffalo Soldier, Buffalo Soldier [2]
Will you survive in this new land?
Buffalo Soldier, Buffalo, Buffalo, Buffalo Soldier
Tell me when will they call you...you a man
In the eighteen-hundreds
In Arizona and Mexico
Came a brand new soldier
The Indians called him "Buffalo"
From prison camps to slavery
Oh, the black man came to be
He was a hard-riding hero
Of the 10th Cavalry,
(hut-two-three)
You know many other soldiers
Lord, they wanted to desert
They were tired of the hatred, yes they were
They were so tired of the hurt
They were tired of the killing, oh no
And of the misery,oh Lord
But they had to keep on fightin'
So one day,we would be free
We wanna thank you right here
Buffalo soldier, Buffalo soldier
If you'd only listen to me,oh Lord
I wonder when...it's been a long time...
will they call you a man? Ohhh Lord
Buffalo Soldier, Buffalo Soldier
If you'd only listen to me, oh Lord, huh
I wonder when, when will they call you a man
Oh I wonder when, when will they call you a man
Oh Lord, I wonder when,
when will they call you a man?
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[2] Buffalo Soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the Army Organization Act. Their main tasks were to help control the Native Americans of the Plains, capture cattle rustlers and thieves and protect settlers, stagecoaches, wagon trains and railroad crews along the Western front.