Son, dont go near the Indians
Please stay away
Son, dont go near the Indians
Please do what I say
Since I was just a little boy
I liked to roam the hills
And to hear wild stories about the Indians
Was my biggest thrill
Id shout and yell and holler like heck
I wore moccasins on my feet
And Id make believe I was under a teepee
Every time I went to sleep
My hair was jet black and I was twenty-one
Lots of pretty girls around
But the paleface maidens didnt thrill me none
Around my Cochise County hometown
Son, dont go near the Indians
Please stay away
Son, dont go near the Indians
Please do what I say
One day I went to the reservation
And there by a shallow creek
Was a beautiful Indian a-fetchin water
And I just had to speak
She smiled at me then quickly left
But the next day she returned
And it wasnt very long till I told her how
The love in my heart burned
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| Son, dont go near the Indians
Please stay away
Son, dont go near the Indians
Please do what I say
I told my daddy Id found a girl
Who meant the world to me
And tomorrow Id ask the Indian chief
For the hand of NovaLee
Dads trembling lips spoke softly
As he told me of my life
Twas then he said I could never take
This maiden for my wife
SPOKEN:
Son, the white man and Indianss were fighting when you were
born
And a brave called Yellow Sun scalped my little boy
So I stole you to get even for what hed done
Though youre a full-blooded Indian, son
I love you as much as my own little feller thats dead
And, son, NovaLee is your sister
And thats why Ive always said
SINGING:
Son, dont go near the Indians
Please stay away
FADE:
Son, dont go near the Indians
Please do what I say
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