From the 1946 musical “Annie Get Your Gun”
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Since I was a child of three
They’ve had the Indian sign on me
They’d sit and watch me as I grew
I would dream how nice ‘twould be
To have an Indian family
And now my dreams have all come true
Chorus
Like the Seminole, Navajo, Kickapoo
Like the Cherokee, I’m an Indian too
A Sioux ooh-ooh! a Sioux ooh-ooh!
Just like Battle Axe, Hatchet Face, Eagle Nose,
Like those Indians, I’m an Indian too,
A Sioux ooh-ooh! a Sioux ooh-ooh!
Some Indian summer’s day without a care
I may run away with Big Chief Son-of-a-Bear
And I’ll wear moccasins
Wampum beads, feather hats
Which will go to prove I’m an Indian too
A Sioux ooh-ooh! a Sioux ooh-ooh!
Chorus
Like the Chippewa, Iroquois, Omaha
Like the Powatan, I’m an Indian, too
A Sioux ooh-ooh! a Sioux ooh-ooh!
Just like Rising Moon, Falling Pants, Running Nose,
Like those Indians, I’m an Indian too,
A Sioux ooh-ooh! a Sioux ooh-ooh!
Some Indian summer’s day without a sound
I may hide away with Big Chief Hole-in-the-Ground
And I’ll have totem poles, tomahawks, small papoose
Which will go to prove I’m an Indian too,
A Sioux ooh-ooh! a Sioux ooh-ooh!