On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:23:43 GMT, "Nixon, D" > wrote:
>
>"Charles Gifford" > wrote in message
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>> But, but.....that's the same song that has non-existent buffalo roaming
>too!
>> <grin>
>>
>> Charlie
>
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>Well, one of those non-existent buffaloes tore the arm off a cousin of
>mine when he was on a picnic in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma
>in 1972. He was a native OKIE, a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army
>Artillery,
>and should have know better than to wander among the herd in the
>rutting season !! They did let him stay in the Army until his
>retirement.
>
>McDave

I'm sure that what Charlie meant was that what many (most?) people in
the US call "buffalo" are really "bison." Think water buffalo or Cape
buffalo for the real thing. The song writer did get the "deer" part
right, but missed on the antelope (pronghorn) and buffalo (bison.)

David