Pass That Piece Pipe - Martin Hugh, Blane

A medicine man I Met

Said don’t get yourself in a sweat.

When things look gray,

Just shrug and say,

It musta been somethin' I et! hoctaws, chickasaws,

Chattahoochees, chippewas do.

If you’re feeling mad as a wet hen,

Mad as you can possibly get, then

Pass that peace

Pipe, bury that tomahawk

Like those chichamecks, Cherokees,

Chapultepecs do.

That

Cold shoulder never solved a single complaint.

When you’re older, you’ll wipe off all of that

War

Paint.

If you find yourself in a fury,

Be your own judge and your own

Jury.

Pass that peace pipe and bury that hatchet

Like the choctaws, chickasaws,

Chattahoochees, chippewas do.

If you want to hover out west, too,

You will soon

Discover its best to Pass that peace pipe and bury that hatchet

Like the choktohs,

Changos,

Chattanoogas, cheekarohs do.

Even in colonial days, you

Know the

Ceremonial ways to Pass that peace pipe and bury that tomahawk

Like those chakootamees,

Chepacheps

An' chicopees, too.

Pull your ears in, try to use a little control.

When all

Clears in, you’ll be top man on the totem

Pole.

So, if you wanna be an all-right guy

Not a long face, blues-in-the-night guy

Write that apology and dispatch it!

When you quarrel, its grand to patch it!

Pass that peace pipe and bury that hatchet

Like

Those choctaws, chickasaws,

Chattahoochees, chippewas

And those chichamecks,

Cherokees,

Chapultepecs

And those chakootamees, chepacheps

An' chicopees, choktohs,

Changos,

Chattanoogas, cheekarohs do-o-o-o!