As Long As The Grass Shall Grow lyrics

As long as the moon shall rise

As long as the rivers flow

As long as the sun will shine

As long as the grass shall grow

The Senecas are an Indian tribe

Of the Iroquios nation

Down on the New York Pennsylvania Line

You'll find their reservation

After the US revolution Cornplanter was a chief

He told the tribe these men

They could trust that was his true belief

He went down to Independence Hall

And there was a treaty signed

That promised peace with the USA

And Indian rights combined

George Washington gave his signature

The Government gave its hand

They said that now and forever more

That this was Indian land

As long as the moon shall rise...

On the Seneca reservation

There is much sadness now

Washington's treaty has been broken

And there is no hope no how

Across the Allegheny River

They're throwing up a dam

It will flood the Indian country

A proud day for Uncle Sam

It has broke the ancient treaty

With a politician's grin

It will drown the Indians graveyards

Cornplanter can you swim?

The earth is mother to the Senecas

They're trampling sacred ground

Change the mint green earth

To black mud flats

As honor hobbles down

As long as the moon shall rise...

The Iroquios Indians used to rule

From Canada way south

But no one fears the Indians now

And smiles the liar's mouth

The Senecas hired an expert

To figure another site

But the great good army engineers

Said that he had no right

Although he showed them another plan

And showed them another way

They laughed in his face and said

No deal, Kinzua dam is here to stay

Congress turned the Indians down

Brushed off the Indians plea

So the Senecas have renamed the dam

They call it Lake Perfidy

As long as the moon shall rise...

Washington, Adams and Kennedy

Now hear their pledges ring

The treaties are safe, we'll keep our word

But what is that gurgling

It's the back water from Perfidy Lake

It's rising all the time

Over the homes and over the fields

And over the promises fine

No boats will sail on Lake Perfidy

In winter it will fill

In summer it will be a swamp

And all the fish will kill

But the Government of the USA

Has corrected George's vow

The father of our country must be wrong

What's an Indian anyhow

As long as the moon shall rise

(look up)

As long as the rivers flow

(are you thirsty)

As long as the sun will shine

(my brother are you warm)

As long as the grass shall grow