Now That the Buffalo's Gone Songtext
von Buffy Sainte‐Marie

Can you remember the times
That you have held your head high
And told all your friends of your Indian claim
Proud good lady and proud good man
Your great-great grandfather from Indian blood sprang
And you feel in your heart for these ones

Oh, it′s written in books and in songs
That we've been mistreated and wronged
Well, over and over I hear the same words
From you, good lady, and you, good man
Well, listen to me if you care where we stand
And you feel you′re a part of these ones


When a war between nations is lost
The loser, we know, pays the cost
But even when Germany fell to your hands
Consider, dear lady, consider, dear man
You left them their pride and you left them their land
And what have you done to these ones?

Has a change come about Uncle Sam
Or are you still taking our lands?
A treaty forever George Washington signed
He did, dear lady, he did, dear man
And the treaty's being broken by Kinzua Dam
And what will you do for these ones?

Oh, it's all in the past you can say
But it′s still going on here today
The government now wants the Iroquois land
That of the Seneca and the Cheyenne
It′s here and it's now, you must help us, dear man
Now that the buffalo′s gone