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Comanche and George (Yellow Hair)-Poem by Joe Kreger

Black Kettle's band of Cheyennes
ran out of food to eat.
The men left out on a huntin' trip,
they went in search of meat.

An officer and a gentleman,
or a low bluecoat outlaw,
General George led his troops against
the camp on the Washita.

A few old men, women and kids
tried their best to fight.
But, they just could not prevail
against George Custer's might.

Custer won that victory
at the Battle of the Washita.
He killed 'most every kid
and killed 'most every squaw.

For all those major war crimes,
George shoulda gone to prison,
but at the Little Big Horn,
General George got his'n.

The Cheyennes and the Sioux teamed up,
and when those boys got through,
Yellow Hair and all his troops
was wearin' a new hair do.

Only one was left alive
in the entire Federal Force.
The single, lone survivor
was Comanche, Custer's horse.

Comanche, unlike Custer,
survived this last crusade,
and he lived to march in honor
at every big parade.

Comanche wasn't a general,
and Comanche wasn't smart.
But, he was brave and, unlike George,
was very pure of heart.

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