As recorded by Thurl Ravenscroft and the Mellomen
[Verse 1]
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There once was an Indian maid,
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A shy little prairie maid,
C G
Who sang away, a love song gay,
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As on the plain she'd while away the day;
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She loved a warrior bold,
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This shy little maid of old,
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But brave and gay, he rode one day
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To battle far away.
[Chorus]
C G
Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
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The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying,
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For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,
D G
While Red Wing's weeping her heart away.
[Verse 2]
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She watched for him day and night,
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She kept all the campfires bright,
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And under the sky, each night she would lie,
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And dream about his coming by and by;
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But when all the braves returned,
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The heart of Red Wing yearned,
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For far, far away, her warrior gay,
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Fell bravely in the fray
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Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
D G
The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying,
C G
For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,
D G
While Red Wing's weeping her heart away.
C G
Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
D G
The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying,
C G
For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,
D G
While Red Wing's weeping her heart away.
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Poor Little Red Wing's weeping her heart away.
