Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams

Kaw-Liga
Written by: Fred Rose, Hank Williams

Kaw-Liga Lyrics

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 - A, 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 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.

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".

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.

Kaw-Liga Singers

1. Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys (billboard hit) January 1953 (First recording on September 23, 1952 First release)

2. Hawkshaw Hawkins February 1953 3. Dolores Gray and The Commanders February 1953 4. The Davis Sisters November 1953 5. Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with The Ranch Boys 1953 6. Freddy Sunder and Charlie Knegtel & His Rhythmes 1953 7. Tommy Steele and The Steelmen April 1957 8. Sons of the Pioneers 1957 9. Frank Ifield September 1958 10. Marty Robbins November 1958 11. Rusty & Doug with Wiley Barkdull March 1959 12. Johnny Burnette July 1960 13. The Lennon Sisters 1961 14. Del Shannon 1964 15. The Mighty Mohawks 1965 16. Brian Hyland 1965 17. Hank Williams Sr and Hank Williams Jr September 1966 18. Billy Lee Riley December 1966 19. Roy Acuff 1966 20. Grady Martin June 1967 21. Charley Pride January 1969 22. Loretta Lynn February 24, 1969 23. Mel Tillis March 1969 24. Conway Twitty April 7, 1969 25. Carl Smith [US1] November 1969 26. Danny Davis and The Nashville Brass 1969 27. Roy Orbison August 1970 28. Don Gibson March 1971 29. The Osborne Brothers March 1971 30. Kenneth Swanström 1974 31. Doc & Merle Watson 1974 32. Ronnie Milsap November 1976 33. Ray Price 1976 34. Carl Perkins 1978 35. Vernon Oxford 1978 36. Sheila Andrews July 1979 37. Boxcar Willie 1980 38. Harry and Wilga Williams and the Country Outcasts 1981 39. Barbara Mandrell 1982 40. The Residents 1986 41. Johnny Russell 1989 42. Petty Booka May 25, 1996 43. Geronimo Treviño III December 1, 1998 44. Don McLean April 21, 2001 45. The Rowdymen June 16, 2001 46. Billy Walker 2001 47. Patrick Norman February 9, 2010 48. Gayla Earlene July 7, 2010 49. Neal McCoy September 24, 2013 50. Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band 2013.


You May Also Like Hank Williams:
* Take These Chains From My Heart (1953)
* I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1949)
* Mind Your Own Business (1949)
* Wedding Bells (1949)
* Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1950)


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* Keep it A Secret - Slim Whitman
* Last Waltz - Webb Pierce
* Let Me be the One - Hank Locklin
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