A popular vocal piece from 1903
Words and music by Vivian Grey
The sheet music:
Lyrics
1. In the western state of Arizona
Lived an Indian maid
She was called the beautiful Anona so ’tis said
Graceful as a fawn was she
Just as sweet as she could be
Eyes so bright, dark as night
Had this pretty little Arizona Indian maiden
All the chiefs who knew her
Came to woo her, for her pined
To marry she declined
At last she changed her mind
But ’twas not a chief so grand
Who won her heart and hand
But a warrior bold, who wooed her with a song
Refrain:
My sweet Anona, in Arizona
There is no other maid I’d serenade
By campfires gleaming
Of you I’m dreaming
Anona, my sweet Indian maid
2. When her father heard that his Anona
Loved this youthful brave
Straight-away he said he would disown her
Things looked grave
She must marry “heap big chief”
Sweet Anona hid her grief
Ran away, so they say
And got married to the man she loved
Without delaying
Then her father sought her
Never caught her, till one day
When two years passed away
They both came back to stay
Then the chief declared a truce
When they named their young papoose
After him and to his grand-child he would sing