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Songs Of The Chippewa

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"The Path on the Rainbow", edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918],

Songs Of The Chippewa

Healing Song

They are in close consultation

with their heads together

Wenabojo

and his grandmother.

Love-charm

What are you saying to me?

I am arrayed like the roses

and beautiful as they.

p. 14

I Am Walking

Toward calm and shady places

I am walking

on the earth.

They Think Me Unworthy

They think me unworthy

my Mid brethren

but look and see

the length of my wigwam.

The Sound Is Fading Away

The sound is fading away

It is of five sounds

freedom

The sound is fading away

It is of five sounds.

Doctor
'S Song

I
am singing and dreaming in my poor way

over the earth

I who will again disembark

upon earth.

Song Of The Trees

The wind

only

I am afraid of.

p. 15

Song Of The Thunders

Sometimes

I go about pitying

myself

while I am carried by the wind

across the sky.

The Approach Of The Storm

From the half

of the sky

that which lives there

is coming, and makes a noise.

I Am Afraid Of The Owl

Very much

also

I

of the owl

am afraid

whenever I am sitting alone

in the wigwam.

I Am As Brave As Other Men

Men who are brave and heroic

as you esteem them to be

Like them

I also

consider myself to be.

p. 16

My Music Reaches To The Sky

My music

reaches

to the sky.

Farewell To The Warriors

Come

it is time for you to depart

We are going on a long journey.

Song Of The Man Who Was To Be Hung

The thunders will take me home,

whenever I mind to go home,

my friends,

and the wind

it will take me home, too.

Friendly Song

I

Over there

in the sky

they have taken pity on me.

Ii

The sky

loves to hear me.

Gaming Song

I
will go home

if I am beaten

after more articles

to wager.

p. 17

War Songs

At Co'goben's

village

they are weeping

the men

At Co'goben's

village

they are wailing

the women.

I feel no fear

when the Great River man

death

speaks of.

The Man Who Stayed Home

Although

Jinwbe

considers himself

a man

his wife

certainly

takes all his attention.

Arrow Song

Scarlet

is its head

Song Of The Buffalo

Strike ye

our land

with curved horns

p. 18

Song Of The Minisinowuck

It is uncertain what will happen

to the one from whom I fly

It is uncertain what will happen

to the one from whom I rise.

Drum Song

I
make them dance

those brave men

those brave men

every one of them

Song Of Woman-of-the-red-sky, Who Went With Her Husband, Singing Into Battle

At that time

if I had been a man

truly

a man

I would have seized.

Death Song Of Namebines

The odor of death

I discern the odor of death

in the front of my body

The Sioux Women Gather Up Their Wounded

The Sioux women

pass to and fro wailing

as they gather up

their wounded men

The voice of their weeping comes back

to us.

p. 19

They Are Playing A Game

The noise of passing feet

on the prairie

They are playing a game as they come

those men.

Scalp Song

I
wonder

if she is humiliated

the Sioux woman

that I cut off her head.

Song Of Rejoicing

It shall be

that I rejoice

O, my son

your elder brother

you have brought back

O, my son

it shall be

that I rejoice

O, my son.

Death Song

Is there anyone who

would weep for me?

My wife

would weep for me.

Song Of The Butterfly

In the coming heat

of the day

I stood there.

p. 20

Maple Sugar

Maple sugar

is the only thing

that satisfies me.

A Song Of Spring

As my eyes

search

the prairie

I feel the summer in the spring.

Carried Around The Sky

As the wind is carrying me

around the sky.

The Sky Will Resound

It will resound finely

the sky

when I come making a noise.

An Overhanging Cloud

An overhanging

cloud

repeats my words with pleasing sound.

Heaps Of Clouds

Great heaps

of clouds

in the direction I am looking.

p. 21

The Noise Of The Village

Whenever I pause

the noise

of the village.

Mid Burial Song

Neniw

let us stand

and you shall see

my body

as I desire.

Love Songs

My Love Has Departed

I

A
loon

I thought it was

but it was

my love's

splashing oar.

Ii

To Sault Ste. Marie

he has departed

My love has gone on before me,

Never again

can I see him.

The Generous One

Why should

I, even I

p. 22

be jealous

because of that bad boy?

Recovery

Do not weep

I am not going to die.

Love-hurt

Although he said it

still

I am filled with longing

when I think of him.

Glad-parting

Come

I am going away

I pray you

let me go

I will soon return

Do not

weep for me

Behold

we will be very glad

to meet each other

when I return

Do not

weep for me.

Invitation

My sweetheart

a long time

I have been waiting for you

p. 23

to come over

where I am.

You Desire Vainly

You desire vainly

that I seek you

the reason is

I come

to see your younger sister.

He Is Gone

I
might grieve

I am sad

that he has gone

my lover.

Song Of An Ambitious Mother

I
am asking for

Bugac's

daughter

My big

brass kettle

he is giving.

Nonsense Song Of The Game Of Silence

(If you speak or laugh you are defeated)

It is hanging

in the edge of the sunshine

It is a pig I see

with its double (cloven) hoofs

It is a very fat pig.

The people who live in a hollow tree

are fighting

p. 24

They are fighting bloodily

He is rich

He will carry a pack toward the great water.

"(The rabbit speaks)"

At the end of the point of land

I eat the bark off the tree

I see the track of a lynx

I don't care, I can get away from him

It is a jumping trail

sep!

Work Steadily

Be very careful

to work steadily

I am afraid they will take you away from me.

I Have Found My Lover

Oh

I am thinking

Oh

I am thinking

I have found.

my lover

Oh

I think it is so.

Mid Songs

These Represent The Expression Of Religious Ideas

I

Is it that

which my voice resembles?

p. 25

Even metal

the sounding of my voice?

Ii

From beneath the high hill

my voice echoes forth.

Iii

The strength of metal

has entered into my arrow point.

A spirit

I could kill.

The strength of iron

has entered into my arrow point.

Iv

Beautiful as a star hanging in the sky

is our Mid lodge.

V

I
have gained such spirit-power

that I can tame it in my hand

It is true

even our white shell

I can tame it in my hand.

Vi

Do not speak ill of the Mid

my Mid brethren.

Wherever you may be

do not speak ill of a woman

my Mid brethren.

Vii

We may live by it always

my Mid brethren

It is spiritual

the inspiration we receive.

p. 26

Viii

In the middle of the sea

in the lengthy room of the sea

there I am standing.

Ix

I
that hasten around

I shoot at a man and he falls in a trance

Then I feel with my hand

to see if he is still alive.

X

My Mid brother

is searched

In his heart is found

that which I seek to remove

a white shell.

Xi

Into thy body

I shoot

the spirit

Xii

What is this

I promise you?

The skies shall be bright and clear for you

This is what I promise you.
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