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  • 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 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 Kinuza 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

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