I. Cradle Songs. 21

21. 1

Ha LA ha La+ ha L'+, ha LA ha La+ ha L+.

(Laughter)

'ga lglga'odgAn sgoa'na gw+,

Here is where black ground used to be one [of them],

Ha LA ha La+ ha L'+, ha LA ha La+ ha L+.

(Laughter)

A g'ldjidAs 2 g'a. A g'ldjidAs g'a.

Crow like a, crow like a.

Ha LA ha La+ ha L'+, ha LA ha La+ ha L+.

Here is where one of the black tattoo-marks used to be, 3

Ha LA ha La+ ha L'+, ha LA ha La+ ha L+.

(Black) just like a crow, (black) just like a crow.

Footnotes

17:1 This song has to be sung last.

17:2 The baby word for "crow."

17:3 Probably this refers to the place where the child is supposed to have been tattooed in her former existence on earth.