old peter minuet had nothing to lose when he bought the isle of manhatten
for twenty-six dollars and a bottle of booze and they threw in the bronx and staten
pete thought that he had the best of the bargin but the poor red man just grinned
and he grunted ugh!" meaning okay in his jargon for he knew poor pete was skinned. we've tried to run the city.but the city ran away. and now peter minuet
Lyric Context: give it back to the indians - charles, ray