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One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste (Original Post) Swede Mar 22 OP
I was trying to remember who did this song. JohnnyRingo Mar 22 #1
Billy Jack Theme Song--way great for the movie. Thanks. n/t marked50 Mar 22 #2

JohnnyRingo

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1. I was trying to remember who did this song.
Sat Mar 22, 2025, 11:59 AM
Mar 22

I recall they were on The Smothers Brothers during the height of the draft.

At the end of the song they wore revolutionary war uniforms and stood in a line like tin soldiers as a drum roll sounded. One by one they would snap to attention and present arms with a rimshot, until the last one who cast away his rifle.

Seemed like a big deal back then and exemplified the social defiance of Dicky and Tommy. I've never been able to find the vid.

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