BUFFALO

Words by Alice R. Bennet, M.D., '90
Tune: "Dr. Eisenbert" Deutsches Studentenlied
(Awarded Third Prize, University Day, 1916)

I sought the druggist in our town
B U F F A L O
My Cough to cure with mixture brown.
B U F F A L O
The job well done I chanced to say
"Where did you so well learn the way?"
Diploma did this name display,
"B U F F A L O."

I went one day to make my will
B U F F A L O
My lawyer did his work with skill
B U F F A L O
As I paid the fee "Dear Sir," said I,
"For the bar where did you qualify?"
He smiled and promptly did reply
"B U F F A L O."

A dental man, -- an aching tooth,
B U F F A L O
A flash of tool, relief forsooth
B U F F A L O
"O, Thanks" said I "But where dear heart,
Did you learn so well your dental art?"
He stared and answered with a start
"B U F F A L O."

The tummy-ache I had one night
B U F F A L O
The doctor came and set me right
B U F F A L O
Said I "Old man, in the name of sin,
Where did you get your good sheepskin?"
He coughed and answered with a grin,
"B U F F A L O."

Now when I'm dead and laid out cold
B U F F A L O
If I ask the undertaker bold
B U F F A L O
"Kind sir, where did you learn your work?"
I know he'd sit up with a jerk
And answer me with the same old smirk,
"B U F F A L O."

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