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He's five foot two and he's six feet four

According to the Universal Soldier Songfacts, Buffy Sainte Marie wrote this song in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in 1963 after witnessing wounded soldiers returning from Vietnam. She has described the song as being "About individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all." View wiki
According to the Universal Soldier Songfacts, Buffy Sainte Marie wrote this song in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in 1963 … read more
According to the Universal Soldier Songfacts, Buffy Sainte Marie wrote this song in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in 1963 after witnessing wounded soldiers ret… read more

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Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Jean Santamaria, February 20, 1941) is a American female vocalist songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. In 1997, she founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding Native Americans. She has won recognition and many awards and honours f… read more
Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Jean Santamaria, February 20, 1941) is a American female vocalist songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activi… read more
Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Jean Santamaria, February 20, 1941) is a American female vocalist songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these area… read more

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