Kaw Liga Songtext
von Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys

LIGA, was a wooden Indian standing by the door
He fell in love with an Indian maid over in the antique store
KAW-LIGA 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".
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.