A song from 1905
Interpolated into the 1902 musical “The Wizard of Oz.”
Words by Vincent Bryan.
Music by Charles Zimmerman.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Mary Cow, and Indian maiden
Married “Standing Steer”
Mary had a little lamb
She said he was a “Deer”
Mary’s kid would do no work
He seemed to have a pull
He saw ’round the camp so much
They called him “Sitting Bull”
Chorus
Old Sitting Bull, he was no fool
He was a well-read man
Although he never went to school
He would not walk when he was full
He sat on all the other chiefs
Did Sitting Bull
- Bull became a barber
And employed a thousand men
Once they’d cut your hair
You’d never need it cut again
He disliked bald headed men
They chased him ev’rywhere
They knew Sitting Bull
Was very good at raising hair - Sitting Bull, just hated
All the Indian Police
He would follow on their track
They could not make him cease
He could scent policemen out
No matter where they went
Though he’s dead, his head is still
Upon the copper cent
Sung here by Vancha March: