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This song takes place during the Sheep Wars. Disputes over public land between cowboys and shepherds led to violent conflicts. This story reminds me of one of my favorite films, Deliverance.

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2. Led To The Slaughter (1885 or thereabouts)

Feeling so lonesome
Living in this sod house
Burning buffalo chips
In the middle of the night
I hear my flock screaming
Run outside
Find my sheep
Clubbed to death
On the prairie
Two cowboys standing tall
Tell me what a bad idea it was
To cut their barbed wire fence
At gunpoint
They made me
Get on all fours
Make the sounds of a lamb
When they had their fun
They beat me within an inch of my life
After weeks on my back
Trying to revive
Watching that train go by
Passengers shooting Buffalo
Leaving them to die
Put on my boots
Caked in sheep shit
Take my rifle
Hunt those cowboys down
Shoot one in the head
His brains on the dirt
Shot a hole in the other
Hits him in the gut
Walk up to him
Blow his brains out
After these serious offenses
And no pot to piss in
I hop that train
Take me away
From this God forsaken barbed wire grave
Out to mountain country
Where I can use sticks
instead of buffalo chips

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Peter Ellis Los Angeles, California

When not suffering from moral turpitude, morbid fixations, and delusions of grandeur, I am taking my coffee very seriously.

My favorite albums of 2014:

Ariel Pink's Pom Pom,
Luluc's Passerby, Real Estate's Atlas,
Stephen Malkmus' Wig Out at Jagbags, Pallbearer's Foundation of Burden,
Ty Segall's Manipulator,
and
J Mascis' Tied to a Star
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