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Nice 3/4 folk song about the history of Buffalo, NY
acoustic folk vocal country vocal harmony
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Mostly acoustic sounds with real lyrics and vocal harmonies.
Just some simple acoustic sounds with maybe some rythem and strings thrown in. Feel free to comment on my message board. I like getting comments on my work... Good or bad. Thanks enjoy
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #80
Peak in subgenre #11
Author
Michael Flatyn
Rights
2008
Uploaded
April 19, 2016
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MP3 3.6 MB • 160 kbps • 3:07
Story behind the song
Wrote this as part of a challenge in my songwriting group
Lyrics
Buffalo V1 In the long ago year of eighteen O four On the banks of Lake Erie and the Niagara shore Joe Ellicott came and he surveyed the land Which till now had been in the Holland Land Company's hands On that spot rose a city which many would say Was a center of trade way back in the day When the shipping of grain and the forging of steel Was the first driving force to turn Buffalo's wheel Chorus Yo ho to the great Buffalo On the Shores of Lake Eire Did a great city grow Only to find, through the passage of time Even Steel cannot keep Those great fact'ries aglow V2 The great Erie Canal came in Eighteen Twenty-five once called Clinton's Big Ditch it helped Buffalo thrive Along it's small towpath mules and oxen did pull The great barges that helped keep the warehouses full At the Lake Erie port and along railway lines The tall grain silos, they were a sign of the times The new skyline was growing in leaps and in bounds Many fortunes were made, many destinies found Chorus Bridge Now the times they have changed and the city has grown And no longer is Buffalo so nearly well know But it's still on the edge of the Lake Erie Shore Where there's welcoming smiles and a wide open door Chorus
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