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Johnny Cash : Gene Ferguson worked for Columbia Records in Nashville. I was visiting him one night, and he played the Ballad Of Ira Hayes by Peter La Farge for me, and he said, 'You should record this. It's a true story and it's the kind of thing you should do.'
So I did, and when I recorded it, I loved it so much, I had such a feeling for Ira Hayes. I had been to the Apache country out there, you know. I had seen the old women carrying the big bundle of sticks on their backs for that night's firewood, and seen the poverty, and I had a feeling for it.
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So I did, and when I recorded it, I loved it so much, I had such a feeling for Ira Hayes. I had been to the Apache country out there, you know. I had seen the old women carrying the big bundle of sticks on their backs for that night's firewood, and seen the poverty, and I had a feeling for it.