They Run, Them Buffalo

[Iolchan]

They Run, Them Buffalo

{The tune, a variant of

"The Old Plank Road"}

Before the first Honkey White Man

Did come unto this Land,

There Grew a vast Forest

Primeval; It Growed on Every Hand

There was, Now, there Was;

There was some Awesome Trees,

A way Down in the South-East Now,

They was a-blowin' with the Breeze.

This Forest Grew up from the Mud
This Forest Grew through Time
This Forest Grew after the Flood
From Seaweed and from Slime

In Tannessee, and auld Kaintuck,

This Forest grew so High,

That you could Walk beneath

Its Shroud, and scarcely See the Sky

There was, Now, there Was,

There was some Awesome Trees,

A way Down in the South-East Now,

They was a-blowin' with the Breeze.

From out o’ Seaweed & a’ Mud,

This Forest Grew Quite Big,

And When he lost this Forest, Now,

He wept wha’ wore a Wig.

I’m talkin’ Now, o’ George the Third;

The one they said was Bad;

The losin’ o’ this Auld Woods, Now,

'Twas that which Drove him Mad.

There was, Now, there Was;

There was some Awesome Trees,

A way Down in the South-East Now,

They was a-blowin' with the Breeze.

Co-incidently, with them Trees,

There was some Buffalo

A' way Down in the South-East,

Now, a long, long, Time Ago.

They Run, Now, they Run,

They Run them Buffalo, All up

and Down that old Buffalo Trace,

Five Thousand Years or more...

From Maysville on the Ohio,

Way Down to Natchez Trace, There Ran

All through the Forest's Span there Ran,

There Ran them Buffalo...

For through it like a River Ran;
There Ran Them Ancien Buffalo;
That ribbon o' highway Buffalo Trace,
Was Range for them auld Buffalo...

They Was Now, They Was, Now,

They was Travellin’' Buffalo,

Who would Winter down in Natchez,

And Summer on the Ohio...

They Run, Now, they Run,

They Run them Buffalo, All up

and Down that old Buffalo Trace,

Five Thousand Years or more...

Co-incidently, with them Trees,

There was some Buffalo

A' way Down in the South-East,

Now, a long, long, Time Ago.

They Run, Now, they Run,

They Run them Buffalo, All up

and Down that old Buffalo Trace,

Five Thousand Years or more...

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= Mark Walter Evans =

Mayacama Highlands,

Summer, 2011