Sacred Black Hills

From the Album Run For Freedom

Land of the pronghorn and buffalo
Land of Lakota, the Great Spirit roams
Land of beauty, peace, and good will
Land of the people these Sacred Black Hills

Land of our mother giver of life
Land of our fathers’ heavenly flight
Land of our children for them we build
This camp in the valley of the Sacred Black Hills

Land of our elders’ ancestral home
Land, which is sacred, can never be sold
Land to defend with my life and I will
Rise like the thunder to defend the Black Hills

Land of cedar, aspen, and pine
Land of the eagle flying on high
Land of the pipe, medicine wheel
There’s a new day a-rising in the Sacred Black Hills

Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long Publishing 1983; renewed 2025 | BMI

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