The Senecas (as Long As The Grass Shall Grow) Lyrics

The Senecas (as Long As The Grass Shall Grow) lyrics

The Senecas are an Indian Tribe of the Iroquois nation,

Down on the New
York-Pennsylvania line, you'll find their reservation.

After the U. S.
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 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 this was Indian
land.

CHORUS: 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.



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 trowing 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 Indian 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...



The Iroquois 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
Indian down, brushed off the Indians' plea;

So the Senecas have renamed
the dam, they call it "Lake Perfidy."



Washington, Adams, and
Kennedy, now hear their pledges ring,-