We Are the Red Men

DESCRIPTION: "We are the Indians, tall and quaint, In our feathers and war paint, Pow wow, pow wow, We're the men of the olden cow, We are the red men, Feathers in our headmen, Down among the dead men, Ugg pow wow!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: Indians(Am.) campsong nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 514, "We Are the Red Men" (notes only)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Indian Song
We Are the Indians
NOTES [24 words]: Averill says she found 32 versions of this. I have to think those were mostly old collections; it's hard to imagine anyone singing it today! - RBW
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File: ACSF514W

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