"American Buffalo" by Martin Howard

American Buffalo

Martin Howard

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Martin Howard

American Experience in Music

Award-winning songwriter Martin H. Samuel (lyric) and Art Howard-Gentry (music) who, collectively write and record Americana music as a duo, go by the name Martin Howard.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Americana

Author

Martin H. Samuel (lyric), Art Howard-Gentry (music

Rights

2024 Malaika Music

Uploaded

November 30, 2024

Track Files

MP3

MP3 9.7 MB • 320 kbps • 4:14

Lossless

WAV 44.8 MB

Story behind the song

'American Buffalo' was co-written about the decimation of the bison by hunters and soldiers who used the Sharps 1874 model large-bore rifle.

Lyrics

AMERICAN BUFFALO


WHERE HAVE ALL THE BISON GONE LONG TIME PASSIN'
SHARPS SHOOTERS SHOT THEM
NEARLY EVERY ONE
A LONG TIME AGO

WHERE HAVE ALL THE SHOOTERS GONE LONG TIME PASSIN'
INDIANS DID AWAY WITH SOME
SO LONG AGO

THE RED MAN REVERED THE BUFFALO
OF MANITOU'S ABUNDANCE LIVIN' PROOF
TO THE WHITE MAN
A GOLD MINE ON THE HOOF
WHO SAD AS IT SOUNDS SENT 'EM TO
THE NOT-SO-HAPPY HUNTIN' GROUNDS

WHERE ARE ALL THE BUFFALO LONG TIME PASSIN'
HUNTERS AN' SOLDIERS KILLED 'EM
NATIVE PEOPLE TO QUELL
A BLACK HILLS DEATH KNELL

THE RED MAN REVERED THE BUFFALO
OF MANITOU'S ABUNDANCE LIVIN' PROOF
TO THE WHITE MAN
A GOLD MINE ON THE HOOF
WHO SAD AS IT SOUNDS SENT 'EM TO
THE NOT-SO-HAPPY HUNTIN' GROUNDS

LIES WERE SPOKEN TREATIES BROKEN
REVENGE WAS NONE TOO SOON AT HAND
SIOUX ARAPAHO CHEYENNE ATTACKED
BESIDE THE LITTLE BIGHORN
AT CUSTER'S LAST STAND

THE RED MAN REVERED THE BUFFALO
OF MANITOU'S ABUNDANCE LIVIN' PROOF
TO THE WHITE MAN
A GOLD MINE ON THE HOOF
WHO SAD AS IT SOUNDS SENT 'EM TO
THE NOT-SO-HAPPY HUNTIN' GROUNDS
THE RED MAN WHO REVERED WAS HATED
BY THE WHITE MAN WHO ANNIHILATED
THE BUFFALO
AMERICAN BUFFALO

AMERICAN BUFFALO

THE RED MAN REVERED THE BUFFALO
AMERICAN BUFFALO

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