歌曲名 As Long As The Grass Shall Grow 歌手名 Johnny Cash

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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

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 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

as long as the rivers flow

As long as the sun will shine

as long as the grass shall grow

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

as long as the rivers flow

As long as the sun will shine

as long as the grass shall grow

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