Kaw-Liga (/kɔːˈlaɪdʒə/ kaw-ly-jə) is a country-music song written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose. Backed by the Drifting Cowboys, Hank Williams recorded the song in Nashville in September 1952 and the single was released posthumously in January 1953 on the MGM Records label. It remained No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart for 14 weeks. The flipside, "Your Cheatin' Heart, remained No. 1 on the country chart for 6 weeks. Kawliga is a community in central Alabama on lake Martin. Named after an Indian in which, a wooden statue was made in his likeness. Hank was staying in a cabin ,that still stands today, looking out his window at the statue when he wrote the song.
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| - Kaw-Liga (/kɔːˈlaɪdʒə/ kaw-ly-jə) is a country-music song written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose. Backed by the Drifting Cowboys, Hank Williams recorded the song in Nashville in September 1952 and the single was released posthumously in January 1953 on the MGM Records label. It remained No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart for 14 weeks. The flipside, "Your Cheatin' Heart, remained No. 1 on the country chart for 6 weeks. Kawliga is a community in central Alabama on lake Martin. Named after an Indian in which, a wooden statue was made in his likeness. Hank was staying in a cabin ,that still stands today, looking out his window at the statue when he wrote the song.
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| - Kaw-Liga (/kɔːˈlaɪdʒə/ kaw-ly-jə) is a country-music song written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose. Backed by the Drifting Cowboys, Hank Williams recorded the song in Nashville in September 1952 and the single was released posthumously in January 1953 on the MGM Records label. It remained No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart for 14 weeks. The flipside, "Your Cheatin' Heart, remained No. 1 on the country chart for 6 weeks. Kawliga is a community in central Alabama on lake Martin. Named after an Indian in which, a wooden statue was made in his likeness. Hank was staying in a cabin ,that still stands today, looking out his window at the statue when he wrote the song.
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