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THE LITTLE MOHEE (THE PRETTY MOHEE; LITTLE MOHEA) Sung by: Mrs. Alice Isringhouse Recorded in Holly Grove, AR 6/15/59 Click here to listen to the original recording For pastime one day, In lonely creation I chanced for a stay. As I sat amusing Myself in the sand, Who could I spy coming But a fair Indian maid. She came up beside me, Taken hold of my hand, "I pray you're a stranger, Not one of our land. "But if you are willing, To go follow me; I'll teach you the language Of the Indian Mohee." "Fair maiden, fair maiden, 'Tis certain that I do, For I have a sweetheart In my native home true. "And I'll never forsake her, For I know she loves me, And her heart is as true as The Indian Mohee." One morning, one morning, At the break of the day, I grieved her poor heartache. To her I did say: "I am going to leave you, So I'll bid you farewell; My ship sets for sailing, And homeward I'll sail." As they rode my ship by her, She stood on the sand, And as the ship passed on by her, She waved a small hand. Saying, "When you get home, sir, To your own native shore, Remember the maiden In the coconut grove." And now in surf landed On my own native shore; My friends and relations, I'll see them once more. But of all things around me, And of all things I see, I've decided to go back To the Indian Mohee. So I turned my ship backwards, And backward did he, To live and to die with His little Indian Mohee. Also found in Randolph, Vol. I, #63, "The Pretty Mohee"; Brown, Vol. II, #110, "Little Mohea"; and Belden, p. 144, "Little Mohea." |
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