(An Irish Indian Love affair)
a 1908 popular song
words by Jack Mahoney
music by Theodore Morse
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Minnie-ha-ha was an Indian maiden long ago
She was wooed by every big chief in a Wild West show
But an Irish cowboy lassoed Minnie’s heart one day
Then he tried to rope her in and marry right away
Sure he had the Indian sign on every hug and kiss
And when they would spoon, he’d rave in Indian brogue like this
Chorus:
“Minnie-ha-ha Donohue, I love you heap much too
Sure Mavourneen, I’ll be true, be my squaw acushla do
If you love me say goo-goo, smile now do, just a few
Don’t give me the ha ha, Minnie-ha-ha Donohue
2. She stopped wearing feathers for the wearing of the green
And he held a pow-wow with his Indian colleen
When they wed she changed her war dance to an Irish reel
And instead of tom-toms sure the bagpipes they would peal
When a little Irish papoose came one night in June
All the Indians danced an old “come-all-ye” to this tune