Running Bear Lyrics

ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER,
STOOD RUNNING BEAR YOUNG INDIAN BRAVE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER,
STOOD HIS LOVELY INDIAN MAID.
LITTLE WHITE DOVE WAS HER SURNAME,
SUCH A LOVELY SIGHT TO SEE;
BUT THEIR TRIBES FOUGHT WITH EACH OTHER,
SO THEIR LOVE COULD NEVER BE.
[Chorus]:
OH, RUNNING BEAR,
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE THAT REACHED THE SKY,
WITH A LOVE AS BIG AS THE OCEAN,
WITH A LOVE THAT NEVER DIED.

HE COULDN`T SWIM THE RAGING RIVER,
`CAUSE THE RIVER WAS TOO WIDE.
HE COULDN`T REACH HIS LITTLE WHITE DOVE,
WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IN THE MOONLIGHT HE COULD SEE HER,
THROWING KISSES `CROSS THE WAVES;
HER LITTLE HEART WAS BEATING FASTER,
WAITING THERE FOR HER YOUNG BRAVE.
[Chorus]:
OH, RUNNING BEAR,
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE THAT REACHED THE SKY,
WITH A LOVE AS BIG AS THE OCEAN,
WITH A LOVE THAT NEVER DIED.
RUNNING BEAR DOVE IN THE WATER,
LITTLE WHITE DOVE DID THE SAME.
AND THEY SWAM OUT TO EACH OTHER,
THROUGH THE SWIRLING STREAM THEY CAME.
AS THEIR HANDS TOUCHED AND THEIR LIPS MET,
THE RAGING RIVER PULLED THEM DOWN;
NOW THEY`LL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER
IN THOSE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS.
[Chorus]:
OH, RUNNING BEAR,
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE THAT REACHED THE SKY,
WITH A LOVE AS BIG AS THE OCEAN,
WITH A LOVE THAT NEVER DIED.