Part I. Home Songs. Xviii. Rains For The Harvest : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 80 XVIII RAINS FOR THE HARVEST Over there in your fields you have Musk-melon flowers in the morning. Over there in your fields you have Corn-tassle flowers in the morning. In your fields now the water bird sings And here in your village...
Part I. Home Songs. Xxi. Lullaby Of Cannibal : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 82 XXI LULLABY OF CANNIBAL GIANTS Stop crying! Go to sleep, my little boy Primrose. That Saveyo Sendo will take you if you cry. Over there he will eat you, if you do not stop crying; Right now he will eat you, if you do not stop crying...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xxxix : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 103 XXXIX WITH DANGLING HANDS Come all game animals large, Come all game animals small, Hither come with dangling hands To Nambe town! So now come all To Nambe town with dangling hands!
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xxxvii : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 102 XXXVII THAT BUFFALO MAY COME From far away frozen Buffalo Country Hither now they come with their little ones, Rapidly now they walk, rapidly they walk. Even now they reach the Red Bird Cap. Oh Buffalo Old Man! Oh Buffalo Old Wom...
Part I. Home Songs. A Corn Grinding Song : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XV A CORN GRINDING SONG OF TESUQUE There towards the north, There the fog is lying, There the fog is lying. In the middle stands Blue Corn Happily, prettily, she is singing "Ha-we-ra-na na-a-se" There towards the west There the fog is lying...
Part I. Home Songs. Xii. Rags Are Royal Raiment : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XII RAGS ARE ROYAL RAIMENT..... "That dirty one, that ragged one." Thus do they deride us two. But you, you have good fortune; Yellow clothes, pink clothes, blue clothes. These are the only kinds you wear! But you not mind to be a mule!
Appendix : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 109 APPENDIX Abbreviations used in referring to articles: A.A. American Anthropologist. References to volume number, old series (O.S.) and new series (N.S.). A.M.N.H. American Museum of Natural History--Memoirs (Mem.) and Anthropological...
Part I. Home Songs. Ix. The Inconstant Lover : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], IX THE INCONSTANT LOVER "He speaks" Oh, Little Blue, at your door I wish to be, At your door that once was blue and open wide, But now is closed. At your door, I wish to be Oh, my little breath! Oh, my little heart! "She speaks" To Comanche...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xlvi : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XLVI WHEN THE CHILD IS NAMED The mother and godmother on the housetop before dawn: the godmother speaks: My Sun! My Morning Star! Help this child to become a man. I name him Rain-dew Falling! I name him Star Mountain! "The mother throws...
Part I. Home Songs. Xxiii. Children's Flower : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 83 XXIII CHILDREN'S FLOWER SONG OF NAMBE Prettily we wear flowers. Little flowers of the muskmelon we wear, Little flowers of the watermelon we wear, So now we wear flowers.
Part I. Home Songs. Xx. A Lullaby Of Nambe : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XX A LULLABY OF NAMBE Go to sleep, Go to sleep, Lest something come, To take away My little one. So you must sleep, My little one.
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xlviii : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XLVIII LAST WORDS AT THE GRAVE Eat the food that now we bring you And remember us no more! Give us ample food, and now No longer we remember you!
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xlii : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XLII SPEECH FOR GOOD TRADING Now round about I guess you are, You enemy peoples of strange speech Such as you O Utes, such as you, O Kiowas, Such as you O Comanches, such as you O Cheyennes, Such as you O Pawnees, where you are, Such as you...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 02 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 86 XXIV INITIATION CHANT OF THE KWIRANA K'OSA Here and now we bring you, oh our old men gods, Sun Fire Deity and Blue Cloud Person of the North, Sun Fire Deity and Yellow Cloud Person of the West, Sun Fire Deity and Red Cloud Pers...
Title Page : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 1 p. 2 SONGS OF THE TEWA TRANSLATED BY HERBERT JOSEPH SPINDEN PRECEDED BY AN ESSAY ON AMERICAN INDIAN POETRY With A Selection Of Outstanding Compositions From North And South America Published By The Exposition Of Indian Tribal Arts, Inc...
Part I. Home Songs. Iv. The Willows : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], IV THE WILLOWS BY THE WATER SIDE My little breath, under the willows by the water side we used to sit And there the yellow cottonwood bird came and sang. That I remember and therefore I weep. Under the growing corn we used to sit, And there...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 06 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 98 XXXIV SONGS OF THE RACE DANCE "The Summer People" Old Man of the Sun Stand ready at dawn On Cactus Ridge! Old Man of the Moon! Stand ready at dawn On Cactus Ridge! Stand ready at dawn, Thence for San Juan! Stand ready at dawn...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 88 XXV INITIATION SONG OF THE TEWA K'OSA "The K'osa make pantomime" In Pine Tree Glade It rained this much In a water-hole amid the rocks. "The K'osa address Kkanyu Sendo" Old Man Kkanyu! The big yellow eye Runs off in the water! "The K'...
Part I. Home Songs. Ii. That Mountain Far Away : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], II THAT MOUNTAIN FAR AWAY My home over there, my home over there, My home over there, now I remember it! And when I see that mountain far away Why, then I weep. Alas! what can I do? What can I do? Alas! what can I do? My home over there...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 10 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XXX THE CORN-SILK-WOMEN'S SONG Ones of the Northern Lake Corn-Silk-Women ye are, And now ye come to us! Then lay long life at once upon us, And upon our children The love of all the gods! May our children have many children And our girls...
Part I. Home Songs. Iii. I Wonder How My Home Is : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 73 III I WONDER HOW MY HOME IS In San Juan I wonder how my home is. Surrounded by green cottonwoods my home is, Now I remember all and now I sing! Now I remember how I used to live And how I used to walk amid my corn And through my...
Author's Preface : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 4 AUTHOR'S PREFACE THIS LITTLE BOOK VOICES AN APPRECIATION OF THE ETHICS AND IDEALS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN AS THESE ARE EXPRESSED IN HIS MOST ENDURING WORDS. I AM INDEBTED FOR ITS PUBLICATION AT THIS TIME TO THE EXPOSITION OF INDI...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 14 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XXVI LAKE SONG OF THE TEWA K'OSA Towards Leaf Lake we are going Under the farthest lightening we are going, Under the thunder we are going, Under the rain and the dew we are going, Even now we are arriving.
Part I. Home Songs. X. Disillusion : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], X DISILLUSION Long ago how fine was everything! Fat mutton was all I ate, Coffee and sugar were all I ate, But now all I eat is the whip! p. 76 XI REGRET AND REFUSAL "The boy speaks" All round about the door of your house The red and full...
An Essay On American Indian Poetry : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 5 AN ESSAY ON AMERICAN INDIAN POETRY "with a selection of outstanding compositions from North and South America" A GIFT of noble art in all its manifestations, destined to gather golden opinions with the passing centuries, forms part...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 04 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XXXVI SCALP DANCE SONG Next after comes Coyote, Stretched-Out-in Dew, Next after braves of yesterday or the day before! To Blue Earth town of the Navahos we go And arriving we shall kill. So that is why Coyote, Stretched-Out-in Dew, sits...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 12 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XXVIII URU-TU-SENDO'S SONG Yonder comes the dawn, The universe grows green, The road to the Underworld Is open! yet now we live, Upward going, upward going!
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xlv. Prayer : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 106 XLV PRAYER FOR LONG LIFE Our old women gods, we ask you! Our old women gods, we ask you! Then give to us long life together, May we live until our frosted hair Is white; may we live till then This life that now we know! Our old women...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 08 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 96 XXXII SONGS IN THE TURTLE DANCE OF NAMBE "First song" Yellow Flower Girl! Blue Flower Girl! Mottled Corn Girl! Blue Corn Girl! Thus on the plain, Thus on the plain, Everything they revive, And hither return! "Second song" Out over...
Part I. Home Songs. V. Banter : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 74 V BANTER Oh, somewhere yonder in the west You go away to gather wood. And now you shout and now you sing. Oh yes, I remember! Abruptly you left me! Laughing was I, nevertheless, you left me!
Part I. Home Songs. Vi. Lost Love : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], VI LOST LOVE At Su k'wa k'e there used to bloom a flower-- That flower, that flower, whene'er I see it now Alas, so far away, why then I weep; That flower, that flower, whene'er I see it now, For yellow, fresh and full-blown once it bloomed.
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 05 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 99 XXXV SONG OF AVANYU, THE STORM SERPENT Storm Serpent Old Man Come hither now For here we are dancing. Laden with rain Now you arrive!
Part I. Home Songs. Xxii. Sleepy Bird Lullaby : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XXII SLEEPY BIRD LULLABY There are many sleepy little birds, Sleepy little birds, sleepy little birds, So go to sleep, my little girl, My little Frosted-Cockle-Burr, O, come you sleepy little birds And slumber on her hollow eyes That she...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xlvii : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 107 XLVII WHEN THE MAN TAKES OFFICE "The summer cacique speaks:" Here and now my arm, Painted Sand-burrs Bringing, Of the Sun People, chosen Old-woman, old-man to be: Accept this governor's staff, Agree now to help it Protect it, obey it...
Part I. Home Songs. Xix. The Cloud Flower Lullaby : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XIX THE CLOUD-FLOWER LULLABY In the north the cloud flower blossoms, And now the lightning flashes, And now the thunder clashes And now the rain comes down! "A-a-aha, a-a-aha", my little one. In the west the cloud flower blossoms, And now...
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 09 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XXXI RAIN MAGIC SONG Ready we stand in San Juan town, Oh, our Corn Maidens and our Corn Youths! Oh, our Corn Mothers and our Corn Fathers! Now we bring you misty water And throw it different ways, To the north, the west, the south, the east...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xlix : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 108 XLIX WHEN THE SCALPS ARE FED Down yonder at their village The Navaho youths lie scalped, The young men of Santa Clara Those blue-bird skins stripped off.
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 13 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 89 XXVII HOW THE GODS ARE BROUGHT "A Dramatic Fragment" Argument: This is the culminating episode of a long myth which tells how the two Little People, miraculous twins, defeated the False Priests and established the true rituals. They...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xliii : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 105 XLIII WHEN THE FIRST FRUITS ARE TAKEN Oh Summer Leaf! Our old man, Now I bring you fruits From our weary labors. Then eat and being strong Give food again to us!
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 07 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 97 XXXIII SONGS IN THE TURTLE DANCE AT SANTA CLARA "First song" Long ago in the north Lies the road of emergence! Yonder our ancestors live, Yonder we take our being. Yet now we come southwards For cloud flowers blossom here Here...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xliv : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XLIV WHEN THE CORN MOTHERS ARE FED "The Bear Priest sings and throws meal on the altar" Now and here My gods I give you This corn meal And thank you. "The People join and throw meal on the altar" Now and here, Our old women Gods, Take this...
Part I. Home Songs. Xvi. The Blue Flower Basket : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XVI THE BLUE FLOWER BASKET The blue flower basket On the top of heaven seems. It gleams and all is done! Agowaha ne-e-e Esha ha'we rana Ma-a-si
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 03 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 84 p. 85 PART II SACRED CHANTS AND CEREMONIAL SONGS XXIV Initiation Chant of the Kwirana K'osa XXV Initiation Chant of the Tewa K'osa XXVI Lake Song of the Tewa K'osa XXVII How the Gods are Brought, a Dramatic Fragment XXVIII...
Part I. Home Songs. Xiv. When The War Party : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 78 XIV WHEN THE WAR PARTY SETS OUT So we have bad luck For we are men, You have good luck now For you are women! To Navajo towns we go Ready for war, Goodbye!
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. L. Dead : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], L DEAD ON THE WAR PATH This very day, a little while ago, you lived But now you are neither man nor woman, Breathless you are, for the Navahos killed you! Then remember us not, for here and now We bring you your food. Then take and keep...
Part I. Home Songs. Vii. Thamu's Song : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], VII THAMU'S SONG Alas! this man of mine! His words were like truth When he talked to me. His words were like truth, But right away he proved To be an arrant liar!
Part I. Home Songs. Xiii. When The Trading : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XIII WHEN THE TRADING PARTY SETS OUT "The men speak:" On the road to the north We go with our packs. And there we will shout And there we will sing! "The women speak:" Many things you have to remember, So that is why you leave us!
Part Ii. Sacred Chants And Ceremonial Songs. Part 11 : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 94 XXIX SONG OF THE SKY LOOM Oh our Mother the Earth, oh our Father the Sky, Your children are we, and with tired backs We bring you the gifts that you love. Then weave for us a garment of brightness; May the warp be the white light...
Part I. Home Songs. I. The Road Of Magic : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 72 I THE ROAD OF MAGIC Yonder on White Mountain Plain It was good in the long ago! San Juan girls and San Juan boys, Together they used to walk Where lies the Road of Magic. Yonder on Cactus Stalk Plain It was good in the long ago...
Part I. Home Songs. Xvii. The Rabbit : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XVII THE RABBIT BY THE RIVER There by the river runs a little rabbit. Why did you not catch him? Why did you not kill him? We feel like doing just that! Bent over like a little old man Off he goes with a watermelon; Bent over like a little...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xl. When : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XL WHEN THE DEER COME "So the deer will hear" Our elder brother deer, Our elder sister deer, We are going to meet you, We are going to meet you. "They meet the deer" Then deer will come, Then deer will come, Come on with us Come on with us...
Part I. Home Songs. Vii. Shadows : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 75 VIII SHADOWS That somebody, my own special one, Even his shadow and his voice are loved. His foot fall even! But what can I do? That other one, O how I hate his shadow! His shirt is fine and white, his hat is gray, His leggings...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xxxviii : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], XXXVIII SONG OF THE HUNTER'S WIFE Now comes the deer up to our house He brings the needed food of life, While we give needed food to him. Old women deer, old men deer, We love you! So now come hither, On the road that we have laid! Come...
Part Iii. Magic Songs And Prayers. Xli. Eagle Song : * "Songs of the Tewa", by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], p. 104 XLI EAGLE SONG On Leaf-Long Mountain Rabbit Old Woman, Old Man! Hereabouts they walk. They are my dear ones! Ya'a hya, hya E'e ni ya, ni ya h.
