Buffy Sainte-Marie

Overview

Buffy Sainte-Marie born Piapot Plains, Saskatchewan, Canada February 20, 1941. Canadian First Nation (Cree) singer; adherent of Bahá'í faith of international peace. Her song "Universal Soldier" protested the Vietnam War, 1963.

Quotations

He's the universal soldier and he
really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him, and you, and me
and brothers can't you see
this is not the way we put an end to war

(“Universal Soldier”, 1963)