This song tells the tale of what happened after the Native American girl got married to an Irishman. It seems as if Arrah Wanna’s family or tribe left their native customs behind, in favor of Barney Carney’s Irish customs. By today’s standards, this song is nowhere close to being politically correct, for it bluntly uses terms in inappropriate ways to talk about assimilation and appropriation. However, in 1907, the song was categorized as a comic song. In this song, words such as “shamrocks, “St Patrick’s Day,” Irish reel, “blarney,” “Begorra,” and “bagpipes,” indicate a stereotypical concept of Irishness. Words such as “Indians,” “plains and prairies,” “tom-toms,” “wigwams,” “feathers,” “pipe of peace” (peace pipe), “pow-wow,” “Red man,”