Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams - Hermann, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 42.323 W 091° 26.116
15S E 636056 N 4285245
Covered by a host of other Country Singers....
Waymark Code: WM13B42
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2020
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County of Indian: Gasconade County
Location of Indian: Schiller St. & 2nd store S. of mid-block alley, E. side of street, Hermann
Building Built: 1892-98
Architectural Style: Commercial Block
Indian Built: 1900s
Artists: Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr.
Recorded: September 23, 1952
B-side: "Your Cheatin' Heart"
Studio: Castle Studio, Nashville
Songwriter(s): Hank Williams, Fred Rose
Lyrics:
Kaw-liga 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 and never let it show,
So she could never answer "yes" or "no."
Poor ol' Kaw-liga, he never got a kiss.
Poor ol' Kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed.
Is it any wonder that his face is red?
Kaw-liga, that poor ol' wooden head.
He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tomahawk.
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped some day he'd talk.
Kaw-liga, too stubborn to ever show a sign,
Because his heart was made of knotty pine.
Kaw-liga was a lonely Indian, never went nowhere.
His heart was set on the Indian maid 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 ol' Kaw-liga stayed.
Kaw-liga just stands there as lonely as can be,
And wishes he was still an old pine tree.