Minnehaha - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
MINNEHAHA. Copyright, 1884, by O. Ditson & Company, Boston. Words and Music by O. Ormsby Clark. 
My name is Minnehaha, Minnehaha. Tho' the pale-faces call me Laughing Water; And merrily I take my canoe upon the lake. For you see I am the chieftain's daughter 
Refrain. My name is Minne, Minne, Minnehaha, Ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha, And merrily I sing as my bark-canoe I swing Up and down the silver waters of the Waha. 
When thro' the pines the moon is brightly beaming, And the little stars are winking and a-blinking; Oh. 'tis then I ply my oar, pulling bravely from the shore. To watch the mountain-deer as they are drinking.-Refrain. 
I listen to the breezes 'mong the branches, See them swinging, see how they're swaying, And I hear the robins red singing gaily overhead, While in the wood the squirrels all are playing.-Refrain. 
I waken with the merry birds of morning, I linger by the silver-flowing fountain; And singing all the day, for my heart is light and gay-I wander to And fro along the mountain.-Refrain. 
My name is Minnehaha, Minnehaha, Tho' the pale-faces call me Laughing WaterI'm a merry, laughing maid of the mountain and the glade, For you see I am the chieftain's daughter.-Refrain.