With apologies to Longfellow
By the shining big sea water
Stood the Mighty Chieftain’s wigwam
Stood a birch tree tall and slender
Stood his trusty bow and arrow
Stood his tomahawk so shiny
Stood the chieftain’s lovely daughter
Stood his daughter Laughing Water
Stood his daughter’s little boy child
Stood his daughter softly weeping
Stood the angry Mighty Chieftain
Taking aim with bow and arrow
Felling Grandson’s fleeing father
No one blamed the Mighty Chieftain
All his people underSTOOD