Custer - Steve Earle, The Milk Carton Kids

Now I will tell you, buster, that I ain’t a fan of Custer’s

And the General he don’t ride well anymore

To some, he was a hero, but to me his score was zero

And the General he don’t ride well anymore

Now Custer done his fighting without too much exciting

And the General he don’t ride well anymore

General Custer come in pumping when the men were out a-hunting

But the General he don’t ride well anymore

With victories he was swimming he killed children dogs and women

But the General he don’t ride well anymore

Crazy Horse sent out the call to Sitting Bull and Gall

And the General he don’t ride well anymore

Now Custer split his men well he won’t do that again

Cause the General he don’t ride well anymore

Twelve thousand warriors waited they were unanticipated

And the General he don’t ride well anymore

It’s not called an Indian victory but a bloody massacre

And the General he don’t ride well anymore

There might have been more enthusing if us Indians had been losing

But the General he don’t ride well anymore

General George A. Custer oh his yellow hair had luster

But the General he don’t ride well anymore

For now the General’s silent he got barbered violent

And the General he don’t ride well anymore

Oh the General he don’t ride well anymore