One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste [Original]

A video of one tin soldier by its original singers, the original caste. I think they sang it the best. I took the music from the original caste, and synced it with cher's cartoon video.

[@annaferguson93]

My little sister Lisa died yesterday. I would sing her songs to go to sleep. This was one she loved. RIP LISA DAWN GRIMM - SHREVE. I LOVE YOU FOREVER

[@daratuttle6608]

so sorry for your loss

[@YelhsaMarie]

God needs his some of us back. For now you won't know why but later you'll understand why. Just connecting the song with today's times tell us alot. What a beautiful soul. Her flesh may be gone but her spirit lives on and probably inside of you a little. Don't cry tears. As age is now one of your guides. Much love and positive frequency I send to you. Thank you for sharing some inspiration

[@ptrollan]

very sorry very sad

[@sew1835]

It has only been a month, but hope that you and your family are doing well.

[@helencarey7817]

I'm so sorry god bless

[@lothar71]

My mom use to sing this song to me, she passed away July 4th 2024. She's in heaven now and is missed. What a wonderful song this still is.

[@natashanonnattive4818]

My Bday I sang it to when it came out

[@stevelux9854]

Songs like this are needed today as much as ever.

[@ameliawarfield5637]

Very true.

[@fredmoore8661]

More than ever.

[@fantinewilde2856]

Now, today, God🥺 fix now please.

[@stevelux9854]

@Richard SPARKS Casting pearls before swine?

[@joelellis927]

Yeah fu*kem.

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

Considering the amount of factionalism and division going on between people, I feel like this song is sorely needed today.

[@mattphillips2530]

Same. And the Treasure is our civilization.

[@danleda83]

A fictitious song about two fictitious communities going to war over a fictitious treasure, yet the message is TRUE and VALUABLE TODAY more than ever! I was 11 years old when The Original Caste released this song - right in the middle of almost a decade long period of war (Vietnam) and civil unrest. After all these years, the message that could change the world, hasn't changed.

[@leerobertson2901]

It surely is needed now.and not just for organized religion but just for humans as a whole

[@ballsnotrequired]

You just made my blood run cold it's so true

[@bobpiss3400]

I wish hating people we view as outside of our "group" wasn't so ingrained in our biology.

[@juliafeldman630]

The first time I heard this song was at my summer camp. I was about 7 years old and my sister told me to never let the song die. I am much older now and for the first time last summer, I sang this in front of the camp and made people promise to never let it die. I used to not understand why it hit so hard, but as I was standing up there surrounded by people who I've known it seems almost all my life, it finally hit me. I started to cry because of how truly amazing this song is.

[@bees3897]

My summer camp would always sing this song too

[@acgillespie]

@@bees3897 .I learned it in 1972 ~ Billy Jack Movie. It's so powerful. I was 12 then and 63 today

[@TheAlanX2]

If Billy Jack was in 1972, then I was 24 yrs old. Saw Billy Jack many times. This song always brings tears to my eyes. WOW❤🐧✔️🤠🦋🪕🐢

[@roseblite6449]

I remember watching this in 1971 cartoon version on 'The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour', I was 3 at the time when this first came out. I probably saw it a couple of more times in the early 70's, reruns and all. Still prefer the 'The Original Caste' singing, not that Cher's cover was bad or anything, just the original singers did a fantastic job to begin with.

[@johnfowler6600]

As one ages & loses friends and even people you care for this song brings more and more the fact you must engage alway with charity/understanding of other people

[@JenniferMannette]

20 odd years later and "turned the stone and 'Peace on Earth' was all it said" still hits me...and makes me wish for this...the way the world is going. This is a terrific song but so underrated and should be listened to.

[@janicema3959]

So true. I just put it on Facebook. Maybe we'll get lucky.

[@FuzoCam]

Agreed!

[@clairheld957]

Yeper very poignant .hits the nail on the head. Applies too many various ways from the soilders ,first responders etc...

[@randomgames4063]

"Won't be any trumpets, come the judgement day" hits hard for me and I am hardly religious

[@trustverify9726]

Pyric victory and an empty soul but no remorse. Alas, the Soldier left the mountain and lived the rest of his days wondering who the f... would vote for Biden? 🙈

[@LeeGoldin]

My Dad and his best friend taught me to play this song when I was a boy. His friend was Catholic and we were Jewish and even though we didn't agree on everything, we played this song together and took its lessons to heart. I forgot about the song for many years but the other night I was rocking my son to sleep and the words came to my head. I started singing it as a lullaby and his eyes closed into a peaceful slumber. It's a nice melody and more importantly, a great lesson for kids to grow up hearing.

[@rivabenzikri77]

Omg,my tears are dripping, born-and-bred in New Jersey two Holocaust the lovers as my parents, perhaps my mother didn't get all the words correct but it was a calming song, I do have two grown-ass daughters, sick of hearing about what do you think of the past, cuz if you look at the past you won't know how to get to the present into the future

[@rivabenzikri77]

Let me just say, reality is there is that one nasty word in the entire song. I'm finished before I get cussed out by my kids but you know what perhaps oh so much video games.

[@rivabenzikri77]

Bombs explosions, not knowing exactly what it means,husha mutta, that's all I hear in the garage sorry stores I don't know if it's a name of a food

[@williamlink3951]

AWSOME. I am 74 & a Viet Nam era veteran USMC. I remember when the movie "Billy Jack" came out. Even today all of these Years later when I here that Song I ALWAYS think of My brothers who did not Come back home. Sad & Yes, I still get misty eyed. SEMPER Fi brothers....I Will be along shortly.

[@danielmejia2075]

Todah

[@ChrisAndrew-su4up]

I Freaking love this song. “Turn the stone and look beneath it peace on earth was all it said” hits like a ton of bricks

[@nd612]

Chris A: I love that you remember that. I bet you're cool as hell

[@morgansheridanNM]

It's so relevant these dreadful days.

[@ginadonnoe1092]

I remember the first time I heard that line. It broke my soul.

[@danleda83]

A fictitious song about two fictitious communities going to war over a fictitious treasure, yet the message is RELEVANT and VALUABLE TODAY more than ever! I was 11 years old when The Original Caste released this song in 1969 - right in the middle of almost a decade long period of war (Vietnam) and civil unrest. After all these years, the message that could change the world, hasn't changed. Now I will tell you the spiritual roots of this song: There is a whole book that supposedly was written long long ago on pages of gold. Like this song, most people consider the book fiction, and yet the messages in the book are all true and relevant and valuable! Reply back to me and I will tell you the name of the book.

[@teo-kk7zk]

So, if you know the name of the book, it *isn't* fiction? I'm a little bit confused. if you tell me the name of the book, please also tell me how you found out the name aswell.

[@alcd6333]

Still as haunting, moving, and memorable as it was nearly half a century ago.

[@curtisfranzen986]

I'm actually old enough to remember when this song was a hit on the radio. Memories. Mom and I in the 'Cuda doing 90 on the freeway, listening to good music. Good times. I miss My Mom.

[@kamrynwing7082]

@@curtisfranzen986 I miss my mother as well. It's now only 2years later I wish I had some long talks with her. About her growing up on a cattle station, as a teen-ager. I always thought I had time to talk to her about a baby she lost at birth, because things like that weren't spoken about. Oh mum I loved you.

[@CynthiaPulver]

Half a century? Damn I'm old!

[@micheletravis9057]

@@CynthiaPulver So am I

[@rainstein3680]

This amazing song was the theme to the iconic film, "Billy Jack", from the 60s ,which had a powerful impact on me and still does!! Long live the 60s!!!!!!!

[@mengels3156]

Billy Jack was the 70s and Coven different artist, sang the Billy Jack rendition

[@swiftusmaximus5651]

@@mengels3156 Actually Jinx Dawson from Coven, the Lead Singer

[@chipps1066]

I will never forget this song or the film Billie Jack!

[@warriorhudson2594]

70’s

[@TheoneGodfather]

Yep, I was a little tyke and if I remember right Billy Jack was being driven away in the back of a police car as this song played. Maybe not but I do remember this song having a big effect.

[@ameliawarfield5637]

I've loved this song ever since I was a child. My Christian summer camp had this song. Peace on Earth is a treasure more precious than gold.

[@bees3897]

Same. It brings me back to summer camp days

[@ameliawarfield5637]

@@bees3897 Glad to hear that.

[@inezgenereux5920]

this was my favorite song when i was in brownies and girl guides. we sang it every week for years. it always touched me deeply without really understanding why and now i’m looking it up almost 25 years later and i understand why ❤️

[@annebartells777]

This is one of my favorites. I was a teenager when it came out

[@CalvinCaylor]

Wow! I haven't seen this video/cartoon since back in the day, I guess around 1971. So cool to time travel. And such a poignant and well written song.

[@CindySeftel-ks6lp]

It’s November 2023. I was watching Israel Palestinian war and this song popped into my brain. Then with what is going on with Russia and the Ukraine you have to wonder will humankind ever learn. They should start playing this song over the world!! It still brings tears to my eyes💕

[@user-dj7jl8jg2g]

It's Not a Coincidence!❤

[@CannelleInOK]

Unfortunately, there will always be evil people. Mankind will not learn.

[@fuzzybeard2016]

It's June 2024 as I'm writing this, and things appear to be getting much, *MUCH* worse. China is building up to an invasion of Taiwan that will take place around 2027, Russia & Ukraine are slugging it out, and we're smack in the middle of a Presidential election cycle that will the most critical election cycle since 1980.

[@ICarus-eu3jv]

"Where have all the flowers gone?" Pete Seeger

[@Carl-ht7cg]

Creepy Joe Biden and his Creepy Administration lost me a long time ago 😎

[@I_am_Diogenes]

I first heard this one somewhere in the late 70's . Damn thing has been making me teary eyed since . How can people spend their lives not understanding what is so clearly explained in a three minute cartoon is beyond me .

[@fredmoore8661]

History always repeats itself.

[@janicema3959]

I just realized today how clearly this described what is happening between Russia & Ukraine.

[@janicema3959]

@@fredmoore8661 But they say to know history is to avoid repeating it. They are so wrong. It just makes the wrong doers think THEY can do better this time. All they do is kill more people.

[@TheAlanX2]

So by analogy, Putin's Russia are the valley Muscovites: Ukrainians are the mountain Kiev people, with a big stone, And the Ruskys & the Wagner's want to see the treasure under the stone. Message from the free world: piece on earth, try a piece of our HiMars, c how u like it. & Try a piece out of a can of WoopArse. Lol❤😂😢😮

[@johnlawless2555]

@@janicema3959 it is about the white people and the Dakoda Indians in the black hills

[@Rioudh]

We should never let this song die.

[@EarthAngel4444]

Agreed! 💕✌️

[@rbest3519]

Remember Billy Jack

[@mydexter28]

My social studies teacher played this to start the class in 1970 ish. A few students who were more aware of the war going on, started to cry. They asked that it be played again. Our teacher ended up playing this song for the entire 90 min. of class. I always think back to then, & this song with all the wars in the world.....

[@andreasbaag7516]

You need to apply to university to reach for the talent? How pathetic life you must live.

[@BarbarosaAlexander]

My social studies teacher did the same thing in the mid 1980s. It's never left me.

[@dawngambone8992]

Has always made me cry, too

[@mysticwolf2842]

Another song that is good is (EVE OF DESTRUCTION) it was written about the same time, both talk about war; what we need is an end to war nothing good ever comes it, all you get are a lot dead people and good men all killed. This is a good song goes well with the movie LEGEND OF BILLY JACK.

[@MrHyde-zy6ry]

Those fellas who fought over there had a real rough go of it, my dad was a psychiatrist & treated a lot of guys his age just broken from that war.

[@darrellwhittington4645]

I'M 74,,,and I remember this song and movie like it was just yesterday 😢😢😢, now 2024,,but,hey,,, I'm still here !@

[@RichardMoore-gr1vz]

I'm 62. I remember this song from my music class. Funny how true it is. But no one walks away from nuclear war.

[@Peacebwyou9295]

I learned every word of this at around 9 to 10 years old. Never really knew the true meaning until I got older, but when I would sing along to it as a child, it moved me deeply. Music creates who we are, morals, values. It tells stories & educates us. It completes us. I’ve been taken back to childhood hearing this today ❤️

[@heidivanderwalde4487]

Me too I remember it from when I was 10 years years old it really touched me

[@paulinecaldwell4696]

Thanks. New to me.

[@stevenbjerke302]

I remember hearing this a lifetime ago in elementary school in music class. Damn, the nostalgia hits hard.

[@lauriewu-jf5nh]

Me too! We sang it all the time in music class in the 1970’s. Thank you Mrs. Robinson, Haysboro elementary school. My church choir is singing a version of it now for Remembrance Day, but I still like this original version the best.

[@kimjongun2946]

​@@lauriewu-jf5nhsame here but back in the 90s

[@XJarhead360]

"Hate your neighbor but don't forget to say grace." Barry McGuire, EVE OF DESTRUCTION

[@markpoirier4653]

Even the Jordan river had bodies floating...

[@SirArthurTheGreat]

A fellow TITS fan I see

[@lisamarquez5059]

Love thy neighbor and Be Grace.

[@john65999]

all religion (organized) is evil and hypocritical worship woman woman is god women create...men destroy....goddess worship is the way to go

[@normmacdonald4802]

Recall Edwin Starr's hit "War" - War, what is it good for, absolutely nothing.

[@docmoses1449]

A song that still holds much needed rational even in today's society. We learn from history and must not erase it or hide it. Learning is loving & living 🕊️

[@lawriealush-jaggs1473]

I heard this song about fifty years ago. I listen to it once in a while. I can't hear it without howling at just how stupid so many of us are, at how simple a message is Peace On Earth and how difficult it is to achieve it. Love each other, be kind to one another. Please.

[@Linda-gv7yr]

No it's not...

[@Sabbymarie75]

I’m beyond tears.. who’s sharing them with me

[@panic1228]

Here I am. Here I feel

[@rtrepsas]

sabrina marie, I’ve never really listened to the lyrics. I got tears in my eyes. Today Friday, August 28 in San Diego California, listening to MIT college radio station wmbr.org playing one hit wonders: this one’s from 1970. Wow! I used Shazam to discover lyrics One Tin Soldier by The Original Caste. www.shazam.com/track/54136065/one-tin-soldier

[@Sabbymarie75]

Richard Trepsas You made me cry, one tin soldier gets me every time.. I need to take a break😭😭😭😭🌹💋

[@ginastarke2]

Me too. I feel like I'm watching my country tear itself apart.

[@danleda83]

I am! ... But first I must recover from my cancer and go out and take a picture... My dear young lady, there is more to this song, it's not just make believe, it's based on a real place and the history of an ancient people who lived on this, the American continent. Just reply: "tell me more" and I will send a picture of the mountain side where part of the treasure lies - not too far from where I live.

[@johnhicks6503]

Believe it or not my wife sang this song as a lullaby to her children, and it a tradition in our family as well. Amazing Buzz! May God bless you all.

[@grantgormann678]

Seems like a lot of people used this as a lullaby surprisingly. My family does too!

[@phillipandrews7286]

It's amazing that several songs from that era still resonate today with their messages!

[@fredversch6954]

sadly, when this song was spun from the air to reality, no one understood its meaning. (November 1967) Even MUCH MORE Sadly, it is still not understood now in the 2022s.

[@Maureanna]

When I was a child they played this Saturday morning's. I wished they play it now for children.perfect song now it needs to be heard

[@Thomaslprice3]

True true

[@damaraankrum2540]

As a child my mom would sing this to me every night before bed and it's stuck with me every day since. Love finding it and hearing it again!!!!

[@josephkurt2080]

😊😄I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 the song but when last did you play it

[@janicema3959]

@@josephkurt2080 I have it on my iTunes play list, so I play it often & I just shared it on facebook; so maybe we'll get lucky & people will listen to it there. It's such a lovely meaningful song.

[@andrewjosephdotson1359]

Sweet tidings to you and your sister's memory. She has a great legacy.

[@dustygrant3043]

I'll always and TO this day remember how this song ends and watching that last dejected soldier ride away with his broken spearhead still puts tears in my eyes in 2020!!! WOW still has a message to this day"PEACE ON EARTH" to everyone in these troubled times!!!

[@justlookin11]

Yesterday, the day following the tragedy in Uvalde, I watched and listened to this multiple times. I've known it since at least the original "Billy Jack". Sadness can't begin to describe my feelings.

[@blueeyes5730]

That's what I know of from its such a good movie should be playing now the world needs it. Not a remake the original

[@Episcopalianacolyte]

The video is absolutely perfect.

[@jameseyre6799]

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but I know World War VI will be fought with sticks and stones." Albert Einstein

[@martinmalin3099]

How true, but he said WW IV.

[@joshu518]

No, that's the thing about World War 6. It's so intense that it skips over the other two!

[@malcolmtech]

@@andreasbaag7516 I thought Einstein was pretty clean.

[@gamer708886]

Do you even understand what he said? He was referring to the atomic bomb, in that it would destroy civilization.

[@peacefuljeffrey]

John O That’s World War Sex

[@musicalofethics]

this song always makes me cry a little bit and chills just run throughout my body

[@timjackson1000]

There can be only one true believer.

[@MegaMeanDean]

me too.

[@MegaMeanDean]

@@timjackson1000 What does that mean Tim? No, I disagree, might seem that way but more and more of us are catching on.

[@madelynkuehl1353]

me too

[@donnaprice9879]

Every time

[@MegaMeanDean]

Ageless and timeless treasure. Thank you The Original Caste and all who made this song possible; it never would have been in Billy Jack without you, and those of us in the USA who love this song never would have heard it. Love to my brothers and sisters up north.

[@lisasharples5654]

I first heard this song which was played at the end on Walking Tall movie...I cried. It's a powerful message of how greed can lead to violence ...even when the people were willing to share their treasure...It still gets me. I love this version.

[@BadassBeazly]

I had a fitful sleep last night ...I had part of a song from my youth that just kept going around in my head. I did not know what it was. When I got up this morning, I decided to look up this mystery song. It was One Tin Soldier... and it made me cry.

[@tedkier3264]

a lively..i cry watching pet food commercials. any response?

[@alexkx8599]

Yes! Don't forget to take your anti-overly emotional medication tonight!

[@tedkier3264]

i can't feel it anymore. need something stronger!

[@georgewashington6225]

Exactly what I'm going through right now...i woke up with this song in my head that we used to sing in music class back in the 90s and it hit me hard. Because as a child you think this shit is corny then years later your buddy gets killed by an IED in Iraq and you realize how powerful this song is🙁

[@dennismckeown5863]

@@tedkier3264 ..See a shrink.

[@enderfire1st_404]

You know, after my dad died, I got a cd from my grandparents of his favorite songs which included this song, north to Alaska, and some others, this was my favorite, the chorus makes it sound like a gospel almost, plus the lyrics of the chorus stuck with me, showing how we try to justify war with it being god's will, or for greed, or for glory, while in the end after the battles will remain those who left those battles alive but broken. I don't really care which is best, though I might say this might be it since I heard it first but it doesn't matter, both still sing it's message of peace.

[@kateAkaGunner]

This song has stayed with me word for word for 26 years...it was 1992 I was graduating from Elementary school to Middle school...we sang this in a graduation ceremony...that 1 years learning the song and singing it at the ceremony has stuck with me for 26 years...and sadly it rings even more true today than it did when it was written...it's just gotten worse but now and then this song gets stuck in my head and it helps me put life in perspective again...I was only 13 when I learned this song and only for 1 year I am now 39 and I remember it like it was yesterday

[@josephkurt2080]

😃😄I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 the song but when last did you play it

[@janicema3959]

This sure doesn't look like the future Star Trek the Next Generation promised us, does it? Could anyone watch ANY of the Star Treks and still be a republican? I really wonder about that.

[@annettesjoy]

My dad taught me this song as a young kid, I always understood the message and hopefully I have and will continue to try to bring people together. Our life is short and I have lost most of my family. Appreciate your family and never take them for granted, we don't know how long our journey on earth is.

[@perrywisdom3090]

What a beatiful and necessary early childhood song. Has always stuck with me throughout the years. Thanks!

[@dennisr.levesque2320]

I like depiction of the Tin Soldier riding away in disappointment instead of victory. It was a sad day. A broken/limp spear. I wonder if he was on any particular side. Does it really matter?

[@richardconaway1687]

i doubt it matters, but given most evidence he was probably one of the valley people since it doesn't look like the mountain people were particularly eager to fight back. what i found particularly amusing, and what really cements the mindset of those in the valley settlement, is that one of them picked the pocket of another secretly. it really shows that the greed wasn't a one time thing, up to that point the valley people had been inherently greedy.

[@nd612]

@@richardconaway1687 You got it. I wonder if it's a sickness or....? You tell me

[@nd612]

Dennis: Don't think that you are alone because I'm sure other people have your thoughts. And the 'Does it really matter', well this is a site we're we are able to express ourselves. And I'm glad to hear what you had to say. You are a part of what makes the world go around, do you hear me. You are one of us and everybody.

[@nd612]

@@richardconaway1687 And the Mountain ones didn't do that? Well, they might have done it to eachother and in a different place they may watch and see what they can do and not do. And then do the greedy

[@nd612]

Dennis: Don't worry about it. You aren't going to sleep for a long time in your mind because I can tell this whole thing got to your psych. Hey it can happen to any of us. Things will get under our skin more than we want it. That's the way life is. I saw things that haunted me for a long time. Join the club. That's how some things affect others and others not so. You are human. Again. I say join the club man.

[@oldold7]

Listen people to a story That was written long ago, 'bout a kingdom on a mountain And the valley folks below. On the mountain was a treasure Hidden deep beneath a stone, And the valley people swore They'd have it for their very own. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing, Come the judgment day, On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away. So the people of the valley Sent a message up the hill, Asking for the buried treasure Tons of gold for which they'd kill. Came the answer from the kingdom, With our brothers we will share, All the riches of the mountain, All the treasure buried there. Now the valley cried with anger, Mount your horses, draw your swords And they killed the mountain people, So they won their just rewards Now they stood before the treasure On the mountain dark and red Turned the stone and looked beneath it Peace on earth, was all it said. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat and friend, Do it in the name of heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day, On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away.

[@janicema3959]

Thanks. I've always wanted the words to that. I have the song, but it's hard listening to a song and writing the words down.

[@slfox28]

My 2nd. grade teacher wrote this song. He taught 2nd grade at Emerson Elementary School in Duluth, Minnesota. We called him Mr. Lambert. He had a piano in our class room and he would have us all sit around the piano and he would start playing on the piano vigorously and make up songs from what we would tell him. He was a very good musician. That was a long time ago. Im in my 50's now. Good memories!!!

[@willsmith7998]

This song will always be special to me. When I was younger she would sing It to me every night before i went to sleep. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and a few months later she passed away. The night she passed she called me (I was asleep) and it was the last message she ever sent me was her singing this at 3 in the morning.

[@babaramelivlle7658]

So sorry for your loss 😔 god bless you

[@babaramelivlle7658]

😔

[@theresadowns3457]

Will Smith I’m sorry. Who was she? Mother?

[@carollawrie2414]

This brings memories back of my school days and being on the dance committee. One of our first groups signed on to play...truly a wonderful memory

[@karinlarsen2608]

This song is timeless. Perfect depiction of the history of the world

[@jimdacop]

Yeah but not really. Hitler didn’t invade Poland and try to take over Europe for treasure buried under a rock. Lincoln also didn’t declare was on his own countrymen because they may have had treasure.

[@janicema3959]

@@jimdacop My, but you're thick. It's the gist of the song, the moral, not any specific story. Good grief! It was meant to teach a lesson in general, not to teach a specific history lesson about a specific country...... But maybe you're just trying to show off how much you know about history. It doesn't make you look good. It just makes you look like a snob.

[@lauriedavisthatmermaidgirl5903]

I was four years old when this song was popular on the radio. My mother related that as soon as I heard this song playing on the radio, I would break down and cry in our kitchen. Apparently, I would wring my hands in despair and just sit and cry. Now, I listen to this song and this particular version and I do have vague memories of that time as a 4-year-old. As a Starseed, I really feel and understand the true meaning of this beautiful song. I'm here to give light and love to the world and I will continue to do so! This song reminds me to take a step back and look at the human experience and try to understand what we are all here to do, all while denouncing any wars or evil here on earth and any experiences which are not of the Light. The ultimate message is that we are all one and we are all spiritual beings living a human existence at this exact moment in time.

[@josephkurt2080]

😊😄I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 the song but when last did you play it

[@dreamyblue44]

A message of peace, truly a treasure!

[@mickchatty6352]

I'm a part of the next generation just discovering this song and finding that it's just as relevant to us today as it was back then. I still get choked up every time I try to sing the 3rd verse. We have learned so much, and still have so much left to learn...

[@janicema3959]

One of my all time favorites. I have this in my play list.

[@ThomasStone-o1i]

What a captivating song.And as many commenters before me have said, how relevant decades later the tale is. People battling,going to war over a trinket of what they believe is a treasure that is rightfully theirs, and the catch is that after so much blood was shed the prize for the victors? A box with a simple stone that reads "peace ✌️ on earth", that was "all it said".... peace on earth,think about that for a moment. The greatest treasure of all. I can just picture the last soldier standing looking out at all the fallen bodies that lay covered in blood, with a tear in his eye...(this part is just my added) thinking to himself "and all have lost for none have won , The one soldier left standing gazes into the setting sun,and whispers...dear lord oh dear lord, what have we done?" What a powerful image. What a powerful song. What a great tale to be told to the young alike and the old.... just sooo powerful of a message and so easily attainable if we all would just concentrate on our similarities rather than our differences and stop the madness...stop killing people in the name of God.If there is a God up there somewhere (and I'm not so sure who's running The show, Buddha, Mohammad, some Hindu god, Jesus,... Elvis? Who knows) but if God exists,He must look down on what we're doing to each other and weep.

[@leannaknapp7467]

Im so glad i found this! My mom used to sing this to me, i am now a mom of a beautiful 1 month old and i want to sing it to her too

[@josephkurt2080]

😊😄I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 the song but when last did you play it

[@markmanser5560]

I did this song with my school choir for the remembrance day assembly and I think it was my favourite song we sang all year

[@elsiryn]

we sand this today (remembrance day liturgy) because we don't have school Tuesday (remembrance day)

[@GMell123]

I guess this song is internationally popular; I happened to have sung a variation of this song in high school, 10th grade.

[@AlleyooperGames]

same

[@Rareed63]

When Tom Laughlin died at 82 in 2013 I thought WOW man i'm getting old he was a childhood hero. To this day that movie holds up what was so cool about Billy Jack that is lacking in movies today was his humility he didn't go around acting like he was all that and a bag of chips until someone messed with him. The Hollywood tough guys of the modern era go around like their poop don't stink that doesn't make for a good hero.

[@Sobeit2024]

This had such an affect on me and still does. School house rock and weekly readers ❤

[@DSWatsup]

I remember singing this when I was a child! It still resonates with me.

[@tharper1961]

Remember when this video was shown on the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour...Many many many years ago.

[@MeowsTheTime]

Tim Harper That's how I remember it.

[@tharper1961]

Sonny and Cher show also did a animated short for Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croche.

[@monk6262]

Tim Harper I DO...

[@monk6262]

Yes I do, and is still one of my fav's.

[@MimiJoys]

I Remember that too! I remember singing along with this!

[@hollyann9610]

I've always loved this song; I used to sing it at summer camp and I haven't heard it in years. Thank you so much for posting it; finding it made my day!

[@MrEffecks]

I recall singing this song with a choir when I was in the 1st grade. It was part of a performance for the 8th grade graduation. It meant spring on the brink of summer for me then. It still stirs joyful feelings for me. Mainly hope and goodwill.

[@joythompson610]

Awesome song!🤗❤️ Thanks so much...so needed!

[@raesour2806]

Learned this song in school… powerful and worth remembering! It’s one of those songs that’s stuck with me

[@tkguess]

I have always loved this song and the whole world should listen to it often. There is no reason for fighting and killing people we can all live peacefully together. I don't know why people feel the need to hurt others over NOTHING important and see that the most important thing in this world is LOVE and Kindness to each other and to animals as well.

[@nachtwaya8721]

No, it's a comment on how violent and greedy HUMAN NATURE actually is and how, as Humans, we must always strive for peace. Religion isn't the cause of Violence or war.. that would be the Humans BEHIND the religions.

[@nachtwaya8721]

SO, yeah, as I said. Human Nature.

[@tronmartin1]

Thom Clark I think it's a song about greed and how empty the victory is in a war motivated by greed. Humans created the idea of belief systems (religion). The blind adherence to these belief systems is what causes conflicts. I do not think that humans are necessarily violent by nature. I think violence is learned. I think sometimes we had to use force to protect ourselves from dangerous people who posed a threat to our life or way of life. Sometimes we used violence to acquire food to survive. However, sometimes we have used violence to impose our way of thinking on others. Sometimes we have used violence to take money, property, or sex. These forms of violence are motivated by power, greed, and desire and are not part of our nature. The vast majority of humans would not be motivated by these emotional weaknesses.

[@julienielsen3746]

Actually satan is the cause of it all. And Adam allowing satan to con him out of the authority over the earth that God had given Adam. When Adam did that he gave over his authority over the earth to satan, and since then satan had the right to cause death, hate, poverty, sickness, and every evil thing upon the earth. We do still have the right to make our own choices. If we listen to satan we choose evil. If we listen to God we do good. There will always be evil, war and violence etc. upon the earth, until the end of the earth. And then God will make a new earth that is perfect as He created it in the beginning.

[@LawOffices]

tkguess i know

[@thesoultouchers]

This is one of my old time favourite songs. A classic that never fades. 💕

[@johndykes3635]

Billy Jack is the first time I hered this song.I was 8 years old. I still remember it today I am 57 and it still makes me feel the same way I did as a kid.

[@TedMeyer-us6uk]

Me to. When Billy Jack took off his shoes...............

[@valeenacaballero6744]

What a beautiful job you did. ♥♥♥ I remember watching this animation first run on the Sonny and Cher Show. I had to wait until I was old enough to watch the Billy Jack movies, my folks thought they were too violent for a young child. That was OK, too.

[@ryanklamot]

Best version of the song... made me cry as a kid

[@kelblueskies3937]

Same here Ryan, I remember listening to it, maybe I was like 4 years old at the time in the 70's.

[@navyvet8798]

Jinx Dawson did the billy jack version... I liked it much better

[@maxinetexasgal5114]

I was a teen when this song was on the radio. I could not make out all the words and didn't have a full understanding of what was being said. Today I read the lyrics without the music. What a Powerful song. I wish everyone on the planet could hear it until we ALL understand!

[@victorlee57]

A song from the past which is still relevant today and even the future.

[@theophany78]

My auntie would sing this to me on her acoustic guitar and put me to sleep as a child. I have this tune engraved in my soul. 💙💛💗 She had the most beautiful voice, way better than this version but it still reminds me where I came from. Thank you my auntie 💚

[@emilylee7813]

truly one of my favorites

[@demskittlesdoe198]

true

[@isabelsummers8017]

+lixanny Cabrera me too

[@sameoldthing6433]

me too

[@WonderRose995]

My dad introduced me to this song when I was 8yrs old. Till this day I still love the song ❤.

[@howardrusso2352]

My script here has been full of ups and downs. Sometimes I love it. Sometimes I hate it. I am living with my husband, who turned 70 today. He hates God. He always has, from when I met him years ago.Long before I had my surprise shift. He has been the one man I have been directed to be with, only. Maybe he will tell the story about how we met someday. My life has been fully full of full-packed rules. Since I am in the same house as my husband, when the shift began, I was allowed to tell only him about some of it. From then on, he can't stand the little I told him, and that was that. What a way to live from then on. You can imagine for yourself. Anyway here we all are. We will learn more about each of ourselves someday when we live back in our first home. Make the best out of life, not all the background info is a choice. But it is a beautiful gift to be alive.This video is part of how this play CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO END. Onward and forward...

[@howardrusso2352]

PatX

[@howardrusso2352]

No more WAR.

[@JoshFingerhut]

"Peace on earth." What a twist ending. M. Night Shyamalan would be proud.

[@donqlfzahnke8158]

Josh Fingerhut I am interested in signing this song

[@andrewguerra9343]

Josh Fingerhut you sir win the Internet!

[@alistair4909]

John O he’s ok. He wears his influences a bit too garishly on his sleeves and he over uses certain types of shots but he’s at least a competent director. More than anything it’s usually the writing that’s the main problem imo granted I haven’t watched his films since the Last Airbender movie so if they got worse I wouldn’t know

[@nd612]

Who ??

[@nd612]

Josh: I agree! Yes man!

[@marinecorpswarrior915]

I gave 10 years of my life serving in the United States Marine Corps and took an oath to protest our country and our constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic. Yesterday (1/6/2021) was a "domestic" attack on our Capitol and in essence an attack on America that never should have happen. We may disagree politically, but as a nation we should always be able to put our differences aside and stand together as Americans. As I watched everything unfold I kept hearing this song play over and over in my head especially the words...go ahead and hate your neighbor...you'll be justified in the end. Praying for our nation. America is better then what the world saw yesterday.

[@lisawiggs8220]

really takes me back. First saw this on the Sony and Cher show..Yep Still cry EVERY time I see it. LOVE that song. Video too. Thanks SO MUCH for posting this!

[@jaelie8398]

Possibly the most powerful song ever made.

[@dwighta8655]

Not!

[@donqlfzahnke8158]

bond james bond I agree

[@dickfint1311]

Jay bond You need to expound on that! Close than I've been able to figure out...

[@user-uw8dn7db1l]

I’m aiming it in my choir and I hate it because it’s so sad...

[@veng3r663]

Joan Baez also had some pretty good ones too around that same time... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpDIfGx7h7N2nqs

[@grace1414]

i love this song, my dad taught me how to play it on my flute....great story!

[@julie.1081]

I still remember watching this when it was first shown. My Aunt had the 45 & I listened to it endlessly!

[@juliecrook7336]

Loved this song when it first came out and still do...play it for the younger generations...memories of our green little farm with creek running through full of trout...I liked your story of parcel delivery - 10 cents meant something back then!

[@koribaij1842]

This is my mother's go-to lullaby. I didn't remember the words until she sang it to my nieces. Gave me chills.

[@missmagpii]

Here in 2021 needing this nostalgia to remind me to be content with what I have, and that I'm blessed more than I realize.

[@edlisinski9666]

Amen!!

[@jcribbs5819]

I love this song... I am in my 60's, as is my sister, and so this song goes back to our childhood. Never quit. Never give up.. And I also have a story to tell .. My sweet sister has been single many many years now and just recently met someone. The first time he showered at her house, he stood in the shower singing this song. "Never quit and never give up".. They are both widowers. She stood in another room harmonizing with him. It's just a perfect song with many memories.

[@turtlethug225]

In the last two weeks of my dad's life, he would sing the song and his own words to where it was a somehow associated with farting since that was a strong point. Sometime after his death in 1997, the song came on the radio and it struck back memories. RIP dad.

[@michellemerhar5679]

This "Song is Timeless!" It "Packs a Powerful Message, Still Today!" .....And in the end, "Who Really Wins in War..."No One." Peace - 💕

[@edlisinski9666]

So true!! What a petty world!!

[@moogiibat5845]

One who is left is the winner and you get to keep all the stuff the others had.

[@TheGrouchski]

One Tin Soldier From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Canadian pop group The Original Caste first recorded the song in 1969 for both the TA label and its parent Bell label. The track went to number 6 on the RPM Magazine charts and hit the number 1 position on CHUM-AM, in Toronto and reached number 34 on the American pop charts in early 1970. In 1971, the song was a hit in the U.S. for Coven, whose recording was featured in the film Billy Jack. The single went to number 17 on the Billboard pop chart before it was pulled from radio by the film's producer. A re-recorded version by Coven made the Billboard chart in 1973, peaking at number 79.

[@sanfranciscobay]

Is the band "The Original Caste" the same as "Coven"?

[@sanfranciscobay]

Why did the Film Producer have the song removed from playing on the radio? Issues like this generally revolve around money, potential lawsuits or power control.

[@yamtx73]

SanFranciscoBay No, Coven did a cover of it for the Billy Jack movie.

[@Snoopy0269]

My mama got me into listening to these old songs and I'm glad she did! She passed away in 2013 and my big brother in 2016 and I listen to these quite often to help me remember them..I miss them so very much..😢

[@tiffanynmacey]

This one holds a very special place in my heart. My mom used to sing this to us when we were little. I think I'll beg her to sing it tonight.

[@PaulDonaldRoy]

I have never felt inclined to idolize those who had more, but neither did I feel any resentment toward them. There will always be some who earn what they have, and others who come by their comforts from less of their own effort. There are far too many people in the world who live in fear, in despair or in anguish for me to feel self-pity. I am grateful for the life that I have.

[@noviebalog8456]

+Paul Roy pompous ass. you have NO clue the meaning of this song... and that's awesome.. however many do realize the true meaning of this song and it's words.

[@QuiteRiQuite]

+Novie Balog Wow. Just Wow. Novie, peace to you. I hope you find it.

[@bobpiss3400]

Ironic on a song about not killing each other we jump to infighting at the first poissible opportunity.

[@girlfromdabay93]

I learned this song at a summer camp about 16 years ago and I will never forget it

[@girlfromdabay93]

nope

[@ehusiak]

Fairview lake?

[@edwardklein1095]

+girlfromdabay93 I learned this song when i was 12 , Thirty somenthing years ago. great meaning

[@kurtnotorleva7215]

love the tune.i heard it on the radio when I was a kid in California. .truer today then back then,for sure.

[@griffinhealy5048]

Camp No Be Bo Sco?

[@veronicathrockmorton3655]

My mom used to sing this song to me. I believe she was the best singer in the world. She passed in 2009 when I was 15 .

[@kerimccomb5404]

I grew up in the South and my family only went to church regularly for 1 year--when I was in 3rd grade--we were/are Episcopalian. For Christmas or Easter or something, my little church gave out a songbook and we had a sing-along for the entire service; it was my favorite church experience. I stole that songbook because of this song--and I kept it for at least 15 years after. This was in the '80s, so no youtube. I'd just sing it to myself every once in a while. Still love it. A student of mine recently wrote a sonnet that in many ways heralds the same idea, so I listened to it again. Lovely and important and necessary--especially in today's day and age.

[@Dovid2000]

A song with a moral lesson.

[@matttom5827]

They killed people on an entire mountain they are dumb the treasurenwas the opposite of what they did to the mountain people

[@peggydwyer1932]

June 22, 2020. And nothing's changed. It's coming to a head though.

[@josephkurt2080]

😃😄I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 the song but when last did you play it

[@debbiethomas2622]

This story actually plays out every few years and definitely is right NOW!

[@SoldiersNRprayers]

I agree 💯💯💯 percent. One Tin Soldier is a toy. No one wins.

[@julietwilliams12]

My music teacher in High school taught me this song 43 years ago. I love it.

[@dooleykid3]

I've love this song since I was a kid-- I knew it meant something 40 plus years ago. Here we are today, 07/17/16, people murdering & being murdered locally, nationally and globally so often now it's almost impossible to keep up with it. I spend my days being totally pissed & completely heartbroken anymore. THIS message is really all there is. Peace, people.

[@babaramelivlle7658]

Peace on earth lobe your neighbor

[@babaramelivlle7658]

Love correction

[@ladyaceina]

its sad that this song aplies to the world more to day more than it did back then

[@justinmoore5158]

You probably do not study history much. It applies pretty much to all humans at almost all points in history.

[@ds-iv8gn]

I agree, Unfortunately

[@rjodhan1rr44]

+ladyaceina My friend, sadly I agree.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

+ladyaceina I know right? Nothing has changed. It's gotten even worse since those days if that's even possible. :(

[@jeffschwartz7923]

+ladyaceina Same sins - different people!!! Maybe we are learning nothing!!!!!!!!!

[@MrJamezk]

Heard this as a child on the radio, and loved it ever since.

[@catmandod]

Singer is Dixie Leigh Innis. Original Caste was based out of Calgary AB Canada. Be Kind. Be Calm. Be Safe and stay healthy. Peace Earthlings.❤

[@Horse237]

Vocalist. Born Dixie Lee Stone, Innes married Bruce Innes while a member of the Original Caste. When they divorced in 1980, she left the music business and became a social worker in Victoria, British Columbia.

[@evoeightyci]

Back when they were The North Country Singers they played in a place in Edmonton called Joseppi"s pizza. My father played after them in his band The Patmacs. My father still calls them the best years of his life .

[@rachelhawkins7254]

My husband and I love ❤️ this song for him. He asked me if he passes for me he wants this song played. For me it reminds me of my faith and love for all things.