This song is about William Temple Hornaday, a pioneer of conservationism, who in 1886, realising that the American Bison would soon be extinct with only around 325 remaining, went out to Montana where the last surviving buffalo were, and killed 25 of them. The reason; he needed specimens to preserve...
Hello, my name is William Temple
Please know I tried, I tried
Dear Sir, I write this letter to you
Revel not, give the devil his due
Dear Sir, I'm happy not to be alive
To see what you'll have to see
Dear Sir, I have prepared for the worst
Enjoy their beauty killed by yours truly
Dear Sir, I have protected them now
To the highest degree
Dear Sir, I have now stopped the killing
They're all gone and here for you to see
Oh, give them a home
Please keep them from harm
Oh, give them a home
I am dust and bones
You can move faster than
Faster than the wild ones can
Oh, give them a home
Please keep them from harm
Oh, give them a home
I am dust and bones
You can move faster than
Faster than the wild ones can
Dear Sir ...
Dear Sir ...
Dear Sir ...
Black Prairie released Dear Sir, Most Sincerely, William Temple Hornaday on Tue Jan 01 2013.