The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

POW WOW

WE ARE THE INDIANS TALL AND STRAIGHT,
IN OUR FEATHERS AND WAR PAINT.
THE MEN OF THE OLD EN-KOW, FOR WE ARE
POW WOW, POW WOW, WE'RE
THE RED MEN, FEATHERS IN OUR HEAD MEN,
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN, UGH, POW WOW.
WE CAN FIGHT WITH STICKS AND STONES,
BOWS AND ARROWS, BRICKS AND BONES.
WE COME HOME FROM FIGHTING AFAR,
GREETED BY OUR LONG-NOSED SQUAW.
WE RIDE PONIES SWIFT AND SLEEK, ON
OUR TOM-TOMS WE WILL BEAT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 01-00-1979