Charlie Pride - Kaw-Liga

Charlie Pride - Kaw-Liga

Kaw-Liga

Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian standin' by the door
He fell in love with an Indian maiden over in the antique store
Kaw-Liga well he just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer yes or no

Chorus:
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga well 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 someday he'd talk
Kaw-Liga well he stood there as lonely as can be
Cause his heart was an ol' pine knotty tree

Repeat Chorus
And then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid
He took her oh so far away but ol' Kaw-Liga stayed
Well he stood there and never let it show so she could never answer yes or no

Repeat Chorus

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Charlie
• Pride
• Kaw-Liga
• country
• music
• lyrics

[AnnaLovesAdamLambert]

My mom claims when I was 5 years old, I would ask her to play this song over and over. One of my fondest memories was waiting for my dad to come back from driving a truck and listening to this song. I had no clue what it was saying because I was so young, but I totally loved it. <3

[imaStonesFan]

I think he has the BEST version

[sbevans100]

Such a great era in country music! Not a big country music guy(especially with today's music) But this is great!!

[Solitaire450]

hmmmm

[ncdude367]

I'd only heard the Ronnie Milsap version of this .... but I guess the original is best LOL

[clovisman4]

@86Disel Actually, although, he was the most successful ever...he was not the first black country singer on record. That honor would go, I think, to Deford Bailey who performed on The Grand Ol' Opry stage from 1926 thru 1941 and was one of country musics first recording artists. There were a number more....Herb Jeffries (1st and only movie singing cowboy & recording artist, Ivory Joe Hunter, Linda Martell, plus others. The idea that "people of color"didn't care/ perform CM is untrue.

[scrambler250r]

@HoleHeadedLiar Touche

[bromatt1283]

Hank Williams was the original, however Charlie Pride and Hank Williams Jr both sang it again because they wanted to make their father proud :)

[HoleHeadedLiar]

@scrambler250r Any string of comments is called a thread, Jackass.

[johncohrs]

Originally sung by Hank Williams.

[garyallanfan0206]

i never knew he sang this who orginail did it 

[scrambler250r]

@namvet12 I did so, I heard it from my grandmother. I didn't say it was true. You sound ignorant calling this a thread,comments on youtube is not a forum.