Mountain Meadows Massacre (2) Come, all ya sons of freedom An' to my song give ear About a bloody massacre You very soon shall hear Across the Zion Mountains Some twenty wagons came Surrounded by an angel band An' Utah bears th blame All on th' mountin' meadows That wagon train was seen Surrounded by th wicked band All on th meadows green The avenging angels caught them As they got under way Th men corralled th wagon train An' fought in blood all day Then Lee, the angels leader To them his word did give If they'd surrender all their guns He'd surely let them live Their guns they gave to angel Lee Towards Cedar they did go They were attacked in Injun style An' gentile blood did flow They melted down with one accord Like wax before a flame Men an' women, young and old An' Utah bears the blame At th order of old Brigham Young This deed was done, you see An' th leader of that wicked band Was Captain John D. Lee Source: Max Hunter Folk Song Collection http://www.smsu.edu/folksong/maxhunter/ DT #386 Laws B19 Filename[ MTMDOW2 CB Oct00
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