1953: ‘Kaw-Liga’ by Hank Williams

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Hank Williams owned a cabin on Lake Martin in the middle of Alabama, and Kowaliga was a Native American hero who was represented by a statue on the lake. Williams wrote the song in tribute to Kowaliga—one of the few tracks he cowrote with longtime producer Fred Rose.

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