GRGR(4): "I Wanna Be Black"

Mark Wright AIA mwaia at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 16 18:49:36 CDT 1999


Howdeee!  Kawliga was written by by Hank Williams Sr.
Kawliga was a wooden indian
standin by the door
fell in love with the indian maid
over in the antique store



--- Doug Millison <millison at online-journalist.com> wrote:
> Then again you could really mix up this
> Cherokee/blacks business by
> recalling a song that was a massive hit for black
> country & western artist,
> Charley Pride, "Kawlija" (sp? I'm remembering it
> phonetically, as I heard
> it booming from my AM car radio some years ago),
> where the crooner adresses
> a cigar-store Indian princess, if I remember
> correctly.
> 
> d o u g  m i l l i s o n 
> http://www.online-journalist.com
> 

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