Daughter Of Geronimo Lyrics - The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus! - Clinch Mountain Boys

"O where did you get yer pretty little Miss, 

Where did you get your honey?" 

"I bought her from the fur-trader; 

She didn't cost me much money, 

She didn't cost me much money!" 

"You've made a mistake - O please take her back! 

You cannot keep her, you know, 

Her father killed your brother Bill, 

She's the daughter of Geronimo, 

She's the daughter of Geronimo!" 

"Well I didn't know he'd taken a life, 

And I know Geronimo's tough, 

She means more than life - she'll soon be my wife; 

I'll die before I'll give her up, 

I'll die before I'll give her up! 

"I'll ask him to fight for his daughter 

If I win, then we're free to wed, 

But if I should lose the fight that I choose, 

Without her I'm better off dead, 

Without her I'm better off dead! 

"We met one day on the banks of the river 

And my knife and me club in my hand. 

After three long minutes of raging battle, 

He lay there a beaten man, 

He lay there a beaten man. 

"Then he raised his hand to wave back his warriors 

Who had me surrounded by then; 

'Not one of you dare to touch my son's hair, 

Stand back, stand back, let him go 

To the daughter of Geronimo!'"