Lone Indian (I), The

DESCRIPTION: "'So, alas," said an Indian, "I once had a home in the far off shade where the wild deer did roam... And the steal/steals of the white man can't drive us away." He recalls father, sister, beloved, all now dead. Alone, "the last of my race," he'll die soon
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1971 (Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol3)
KEYWORDS: Indians(Am.) home animal death separation
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol3, pp. 87-88, "The Lone Indian" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "White Man, Let Me Go" (theme)
File: BWV3087

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