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(# 12 country hit)

Kaw-Liga

Hank Williams - Fred Rose

© Milene Music, ASCAP

Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian standin' over by the door
Fell in love with a Choctaw maid over in a Georgia store
Kaw-Liga oooh standin' there and don't never let it show
She don't never answer yes or no

He always wore his Sunday feathers and carried this old black hawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-Liga oooh standin' there and don't never show a sign
Cause his heart is made of knotty pine

Poor ol' Kaw-Liga you ain't never got a kiss
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga you don't know what ya missed
Is it any wonder that your face is red
Kaw-Liga you poor ol' wooden head

Kaw-Liga was a lonely Indian never went nowhere
Heart was set on a Choctaw maiden with long black hair
Kaw-Liga oooh standin' there and don't never show a sign
Cause his heart is made of knotty pine

And then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid
Took her oh so far away and ol' Kaw-Liga stayed
Kaw-Liga oooh standin' there as lonesome as can be
Oh just wishin' he was still an ol' pine tree

Poor ol' Kaw-Liga you just ain't never had no kissin'...

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