{"id":228,"date":"2014-12-08T21:35:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T21:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2016-03-30T11:49:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T11:49:46","slug":"chase-the-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/08\/chase-the-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase the Buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">71.220.7<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"71.220.7\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDEvNzEuMjIwLjcubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>Willie Williamson \u00a0with Grace Anderson and others.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0SA1971.220.7<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A couple of verses of an emigrants&#8217; song that possibly dates back to the 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century. It\u00a0became very popular in London, such that it was taken up as the \u2018anthem\u2019\u00a0 of a London\u00a0 drinking club or secret society called \u00a0<em>The Royal Antediluvian Order of the Buffalo<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0aka \u2013 \u2018The Buffs\u2019, founded in 1822 .\u00a0 Here Gracie Anderson starts off and Willie Williamson joins for verse two with a bit of a chorus during an informal ceilidh on June 12 1971.\u00a0 (Roud no. 1026).<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Come all you wild Indians who chance to appear<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We will defend our dwellings, boys, with gun and with fear<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We will all unite together and we\u2019ll strike the fatal blow<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And we\u2019ll settle on the banks of the lovely Ohio.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>We\u2019ll settle on the banks where the pleasant rivers flow,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Through the wild woods we\u2019ll wander and we\u2019ll chase the buffalo,\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">and we\u2019ll chase the buffalo,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em>Through the wild woods we\u2019ll wander and we\u2019ll chase the buffalo..<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>There\u2019s fish into the river boys a-fitting for our use,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Likewise the lofty sugar cane that gives the delicious juice;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We\u2019ll all unite together boys and strike a fatal blow<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And we\u2019ll settle on the banks of the pleasant Ohio.\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 \u2018chorus boys\u2019<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We\u2019ll settle on the banks where the pleasant rivers flow,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Through the wild woods we\u2019ll wander and we\u2019ll chase the buffalo,\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">and we\u2019ll chase the buffalo,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> Through the wild woods we\u2019ll wander and we\u2019ll chase the buffalo..<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Below are a couple of other verses you may care to adapt\u00a0-\u2013 copied from the website of the RAOB.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Come all you young maidens, come spin us up some yarn,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> To make us some new clothing to keep ourselves full warm;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> For you can card and spin, my girls, and we can reap and mow,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We lay down on the banks of the pleasant Ohio.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We&#8217;ll wander through the wild woods and we&#8217;ll chase the buffalo. We&#8217;ll chase the buffalo<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We&#8217;ll wander through the wild woods and chase the buffalo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Supposing these wild Indians by chance should come us near,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We will unite together our hearts all free from care,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We will march down into the town, my boys, and give the fatal blow,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We lay down on the banks of the pleasant Ohio,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We&#8217;ll wander through the wild woods and we&#8217;ll chase the buffalo. 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