Redwing


There once lived an Indian Maid
A shy little prairie maid
who sang a lay 
a love song gay
as on the ground 
she'd while away the day
She loved a warrior bold
this shy little maid of old
but brave and gay
he rode one day
to a battle far away

Now the moon shines tonight
on pretty Redwing
the breeze is sighing 
the nightbird's crying
for beneath his star her brave is sleeping
while Redwing is weeping
her life away

She watched for him day and night
and kept the campfires bright
and underneath the sky each night
she'd lie and dream about his coming by and by
but when all the braves returned 
the heart of Redwing yearned
for far away
her warrior gay
fell bravely in the fray.

note:Woody got the melody for Union Maid from this song. It was
first copyrighted to Thurland Chattaway and Kerry Mills in 1907.