Tiana, I Will Always Love You
Sam Houston was governor of Tennessee,
When he went off to live with the Cherokee,
Kicked out of his bed by his wife so he went away…
Sat under a tree and he got drunk ‘most every day.
Tiana was Scottish, she was Indian, too.
When she saw that big man, she knew just what to do—
She kissed him, and she caressed him, and she tended his broken heart.
Sam Houston, he told her, “Tiana, we’ll never part.”
“Tiana, I will always love you, Tiana, I will always care.”
Sam Houston loved Tiana, and you know she loved him…
Ah, but that was a long, long time ago…
Texas came calling, it pounded like a drum.
Sam Houston he answered, they knew he’d come.
“Remember the Alamo” became his battle-cry…
Sam Houston and Texas, and the Lone Star was flying high.
The Cherokee were shoved right off their land—
Four thousand of them died, I understand.
And General Sam Houston, he shared their pain;
(And the grave of Tiana was washed away with the rain…)
“Tiana, I will always love you. Tiana, I will always care.”
Sam Houston loved Tiana, and you know that she loved him…
Ah, but that was a long, long time ago…
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