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On The Banks Of The Buffalo by Jimmy Driftwood


    On The Banks Of The Buffalo



Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:no capo

[Verse 1]
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Three old maids lived under the bluff
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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In the Ozark Mountains, wild and rough
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 2]
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One day a wild man came along
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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And he tried to court them all day long
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 3]
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He said to the youngest, be my bride
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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I'll take your hair and take your hide
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 4]
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Before I'd be a wild man's bride
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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I'd lose my hair and lose my hide
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 5]
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He took her skin and he turned her loose
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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And she looked just like a new picked goose
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 6]
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He said to the next one, be my wife
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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I'll take your hide and take your life
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 7]
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Before I'd be a wild man's wife
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
 
I'd lose my hide and lose my life
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 8]
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He took her skin and he let her go
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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And she danced all night on her heel and toe
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 9]
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He said to the oldest, be my spouse
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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I'll take your skin from my mother-in-law
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 10]
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She said, wild man, that cannot be
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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I'm a tough old maid and you can't skin me
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 11]
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He threw at her with his hunting knife
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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It bounced right back and took his life
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 12]
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She put the skins back on her kin
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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And they were twice as pretty and young again
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo
 
[Verse 13]
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The more I love this tale, Old Pal
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Shickle-ay-shoe and a shuffle low
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Don't ever get smart with an Ozark gal
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On the rocky banks of the Buffalo





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