A popular song from 1903
Words by James O’Dea
Music by H. B. Blanke
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Little Fawn Afraid was an Indian maid
Pretty as a lily’s splendor
Where the waters flow and the cedars grow
Lived this maiden sweet and tender
Always at her feet, Fawn Afraid the sweet
Had a score of lovers sueing
But her heart she gave to a youthful brave
Who nightly sang this song when he came wooing
Chorus:
Big chief me, little squaw you
Pretty as a moonbeam bright
You want-a me and I want-a you
That’s just why I sing tonight
Big chief me, little squaw you
Down among the cedars green
Say you’ll go with me and tell me that you’ll be
My own, my little wigwam Queen
2. Little Fawn Afraid, where the shadows played
Thro’ the rustling pines so sleepy
Like a startled dove came to meet her love
Singing there outside her tepee
By the winding trail, by each flowery dale
By the swiftly running river
To his Fawn Afraid he sang this serenade
This little song that won her heart forever