Key: E major
Verse 1
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Kaw- Liga
Verse 2
was a wooden Indian
standing by the door
He fell in love with an indian maiden
over in the antique store
Kaw- Liga, just stood there
So she could never answer yes
Verse 3
(Uhn, uhn, uhn, uhn)
and he held a tomahawk
The maid wore her beads and braids
and hoped someday he'd talk
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Kaw- Liga, too stubborn
Because his heart was made
of knotty pine
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Verse 4
Poor old Kaw- Liga, he never got his kiss
he don't know what he missed
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Is it any wonder that his face is red?
Kaw- Liga, that poor old
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wooden head
Verse 5
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Kaw- Liga was a lonely Indian,
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and he never went nowhere
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His heart was set on the Indian maiden
with the coal black hair
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Kaw- Liga, just stood
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there and never let it show
So she could never answer yes
Verse 6
(Uhn, uhn, uhn, uhn)
bought that Indian maid
And took her oh- so far away,
but old Kaw- Liga stayed
Kaw- Liga, just stands there
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And wishes he was still an old pine tree
Verse 7
Poor old Kaw- Liga, he never got his kiss
he don't know what he missed
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