[ti:The Buffalo Skinners] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Brothers & Sisters] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Buffalo Skinners - Pete Seeger [00:04.64]'Twas in the town o' Jacksboro in the spring o' seventy three [00:11.28]A man by the name o' Crego come steppin' up to me [00:18.30]Said how d'you do young fellers and how'd you like to go [00:24.73]And spend one summer pleasantly on the range o' the buffalo [00:32.17]It's me bein' out of employment to ol' Crego I did say [00:38.07]This goin' out on the buffalo range depends upon the pay [00:44.47]But if you'll pay good wages and transportation too [00:50.19]I think sir I will go with you [00:54.04]To the range o' the buffalo [01:00.45]Well it's now we've crossed Pease river boys [01:03.53]Our troubles they have begun [01:09.17]First old stinker that I cut Christ how I cut my thumb [01:16.61]While skinnin' the dog gone ol' buffalo [01:19.03]Our lives they had no show [01:22.93]For the Indians watched to pick us off while skinnin' the buffalo [01:33.73]The season bein' near over ol' Crego he did say [01:41.54]The crowd had been extravagant was in debt to him that day [01:49.77]We coaxed him an' we argued but still it was no go [01:58.37]We left his damned ol' bones to bleached [02:00.87]On the range o' the buffalo [02:06.51]It's now we've crossed pease river and homeward we are bound [02:15.31]No more in that old fire country will ever we be found [02:23.84]Go back to our wives and sweethearts tell others not to go [02:32.66]For God's forsaken the buffalo range and the d**n ol' buffalo