ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER
STOOD RUNNIN' BEAR
YOUNG INDIAN BRAVE
ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE RIVER
STOOD HIS LOVELY INDIAN MAID
LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WAS A-HER NAME
SUCH A LOVELY
SIGHT TO SEE
BUT THEIR TRIBES
FOUGHT WITH EACH OTHER
SO THEIR LOVE
COULD NEVER BE
RUNNIN' BEAR
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE BIG AS THE SKY
RUNNIN' BEAR
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE
THAT COULDN'T DIE
HE COULDN'T SWIM
THE RAGIN' RIVER
'CAUSE THE RIVER
WAS TOO WIDE
HE COULDN'T REACH
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 BRAVE
RUNNIN' BEAR
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE BIG AS THE SKY
RUNNIN' BEAR
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE
THAT COULDN'T DIE
RUNNIN' 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 HAND TOUCHED
AND THEIR LIPS MET
THE RAGIN' RIVER
PULLED THEM DOWN
NOW THEY'LL ALWAYS
BE TOGETHER
IN THAT HAPPY
HUNTIN' GROUND
RUNNIN' BEAR
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE BIG AS THE SKY
RUNNIN' BEAR
LOVED LITTLE WHITE DOVE
WITH A LOVE
THAT COULDN'T DIE