Kaw-Liga

Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian standing by the door

He fell in love with an Indian maid over in the antique store

Kaw-Liga, just stood there and never let it show

So she could never answer "yes" or "no"

He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk

The maiden wore her beads and braids

And hoped someday he'd talk

Kaw-Liga, too stubborn to ever show a sign

Because his heart was made of knotty pine

Poor old Kaw-Liga, he never got a kiss

Poor old Kaw-Liga, he don't know what he missed

Is it any wonder that his face is red?

Kaw-Liga, that poor old wooden head

Kaw-Liga was a lonely Indian never went nowhere

His heart was set on the Indian maiden

With the coal black hair

Kaw-Liga, just stood there and never let it show

So she could never answer "yes" or "no"

And then one day a wealthy customer

Bought the Indian maid

And took her, oh, so far away, but old Kaw-Liga stayed

Kaw-Liga, just stands there as lonely as can be

And wishes he was still an old pine tree

Poor old Kaw-Liga, he never got a kiss

Poor old Kaw-Liga, he don't know what he missed

Is it any wonder that his face is red?

Kaw-Liga, that poor old wooden head