A 1906 Irish Indian matrimonial venture.
words by Jack Drislane
music by Theodore F. Morse
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
1. ‘Mid the wild and woolly prairies lived an Indian maid
Arrah Wanna queen of fairies of her tribe afraid
Each night came an Irish laddie buck, with a wedding ring
He would sit outside her tent and with his bagpipes loudly sing
Chorus
“Arrah Wanna, on my honor, I’ll take care of you
I’ll be kind and true we can love and bill and coo
In a wigwam built of shamrocks green
We’ll make those red men smile
When you’re Misses Barney, heap much Carney
From Killarney’s Isle”
2. While the moon shone down upon them Arrah Wanna sighed
“Some great race must call you Big Chief, then I’ll be your bride”
“Sure that’s easy” whispered Barney, with a smiling face
“All my fam’ly were good runners and were first in every race
Sung here by Fred Feild: