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Oh Cherokee Chief as he dances along  
  
he sings an Indian boogie to a white man's song  
  
Chorus  
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Singin' "Hey Ho-alena" (Hey Ho-alena)  
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Singin' "Hey Ho-alena" (Hey Ho-alena)  
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Singin' "Hey Ho-alena Ola-nana which-a nai-ay"  
  
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Well he dances over here, and he dances over there.  
  
And he dances with a squaw called "Standin' Bear"  
  
 
  
  
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Well he dances in a trot and he dances in a walk  
  
but he keeps on a shakin' his old tommyhawk  
 
  
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Now he sings a little soft and he sings a little loud  
  
and his tom-tom beats on full blue cloud.   
  
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He's a Cherokee Chief as you all might know  
  
when he sings his boogie sayin' "Hey why-yo"  
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Singin' "Hey Ho-alena" (Hey Ho-alena)  
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Singin' "Hey Ho-alena" (Hey Ho-alena)  
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Singin' "Hey Ho-alena Oo-oo-nana which-a nai-ay-ay".