Letra y Música Mabel McKinley, as Vivian Grey
(Leo Feist, New York, 1903)
Escrita supuestamente por Mabel McKinley, sobrina de William McKinley, con el pseudónimo de Vivian Gray, en realidad es un tema compuesto por el prolífico Robert Keizer King (1862-1932), que solía utilizar sobrenombres femeninos como el de Mary Earl, o Betty Chapin, entre otros.
Letra:
In the western state of Arizona,
Lived an Indian maid;
She was called the beautiful Anona so 'tis said.
Graceful as a fawn was she,
Just as sweet as she could be,
Eyes so bright, dark as night,
Had this pretty little Arizona Indian maiden.
All the chiefs who knew her,
Came to woo her,
For her pined
To marry she declined,
At last she changed her mind,
But 'twas not a chief so grand, who won her heart and hand,
But a warrior bold, who wooed her with a song:
Chorus:
My sweet Anona, in Arizona,
There is no other maid I'd serenade;
By camp-fires gleaming, of you I'm dreaming,
Anona, my sweet Indian maid.
When her father heard that his Anona,
Loved the youthful brave;
Straight-a-way he said he would disown her, things looked grave.
She must marry "heap big chief,"
Sweet Anona hid her grief,
Ran away, so they say,
And got married to the man she loved without delaying.
Then her father sought he,
Never caught her,
Till one day,
When two years passed away,
They both came back ot stay,
Then the chief declared a truce, when they named their young papoose,
After him and to his grand-child he would sing.
Versiones destacadas:
👉🏽 Columbia 32311. Gilmore´s Band (1903)
👉🏽 Columbia 32316. Henry Burr (1903)
👉🏽 Columbia 1597. Columbia Band (1903)
👉🏽 Edison 8474. Edison Grand Concert Band (1903)
👉🏽 Edison 150. Mabel McKinley (1909)
👉🏽 Victor 2521. Arthur Pryor´s Band (1903)
👉🏽 Victor 2551. Harry Macdonough (1903)
👉🏽 Victor 2553. Vess L. Ossman (1903)
👉🏽 Zonophone 5588. Victor Herbert´s Band (1903)
👉🏽 Zonophone 5634. George Alexander (1903)
👉🏽 Zonophone 5761. Hager´s Orchestra (1904)
👉🏽 Imperial 44863. Imperial Military Band (1906)