"Universal
Soldier" is a song written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter
Buffy Sainte-Marie. The song was originally released on Sainte-Marie's debut
album It's My Way! in 1964. "Universal Soldier" was not a popular hit
at the time of its release, but it did garner attention within the contemporary
folk music community. It became a hit a year later when Donovan covered it.
Sainte-Marie said of the song: "I wrote 'Universal Soldier' in the
basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early sixties. It's
about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills
us all."
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