REQ: Don't Go Near The Indians/Eskimos - Ben Colder
John Quinn
Don't Go Near the Eskimos was a Ben Colder (Sheb Wooley) take-off on Don't Go
Near the Indians written by Lorene Mann, and recorded by Rex Allan
Don't Go Near the Indians
Rex Allen Mercury 71997
(Lorene Mann) Buttercup Music BMI
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please stay away
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please do what I say
Since I was just a little boy
I liked to roam the hills
And to hear wild stories about the Indians
Was my biggest thrill
I'd shout and yell and holler like heck
I wore moccasins on my feet
And I'd make believe I was under a teepee
Every time I went to sleep
My hair was jet black and I was twenty-one
Lots of pretty girls around
But the paleface maidens didn't thrill me none
Around my Cochise County hometown
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please stay away
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please do what I say
One day I went to the reservation
And there by a shallow creek
Was a beautiful Indian a-fetchin' water
And I just had to speak
She smiled at me then quickly left
But the next day she returned
And it wasn't very long till I told her how
The love in my heart burned
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please stay away
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please do what I say
I told my daddy I'd found a girl
Who meant the world to me
And tomorrow I'd ask the Indian chief
For the hand of NovaLee
Dad's trembling lips spoke softly
As he told me of my life
Twas then he said I could never take
This maiden for my wife
SPOKEN:
Son, the white man and Indianss were fighting when you were born
And a brave called Yellow Sun scalped my little boy
So I stole you to get even for what he'd done
Though you're a full-blooded Indian, son
I love you as much as my own little feller that's dead
And, son, NovaLee is your sister
And that's why I've always said
SINGING:
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please stay away
FADE:
Son, don't go near the Indians
Please do what I say
Michelle Cheung wrote:
> This is a long shot. I'm looking for the lyrics to a song called "Don't Go
> Near the Indians". I know it was recorded in 1962 by Ben Colder, a.k.a.
> Sheb Wooley (Purple People Eater). But this may have been a remake or
> take-off of an earlier recording by someone else. I'm trying to establish
> whether the original version was a satire or something darker.
>
> Partial chorus lyric:
>
> "Son don't go near the Indians, please stay away.
> Son don't go near the Indians, please do as I say."
>
> Later in the song, "Indians" is replaced by "Eskimos"
>
> Thanks
defi
Hey Babe!-- Nope, the way it was--was that it was orig
"Don't go near the Indians"--- the WHOLE SERIOUS BALLAD.
THEN!!-- "Ben Colder"(AKA Sheb an all that..) did the Parody
called-" Son, Don't Go Near The Eskimo's "
That was the deal- Darling..
And don't forget.!..
Oomshaugnee has the coldest nose in Alaska. .
DEFI
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