moonet] SONGS OF THE CADDO 1097 



:;. \ i s x i i siya' 



He'yawe ya ! I le yawe'ya ! 



Nu'na i tsiya si bocha ha . 



N'fi'na i isi\ a si bocha ba . 



Wu'nti ha'yano ba'nln gil'kwu ta a , 



Wu'nti ha'yano ha'nin gil'kwn'ts-a', 



He'yahe'eye' ! He'yahe'eye' ! 



Translation 



lit i/nirc i/o.' Jlf yaive ya! 



I have come because I want to see them, 



I have come because I waut to see them, 



The people, all my children, 



The people, all my children. 



He'yahe'eye! He'yahe'eyt ' 



This song was composed by a woman named Nyu'taa. According 

 to her story, she saw in her trance a large company approaching, led 

 by a man who told her he was the Father and that he was coming 

 because he wished to see all his children. 



4. Xa tsiwa'ya 



Na' tsiwa'ya, na/ tsiwa'ya, 

 Xa' ika — Wi'ahe'e'ye', 

 Na' ika' — Wi'ahe'e'ye', 

 Wi ahe'e'yo'ye'yeahe'ye', 

 Wi'ahe'e'ye'ye'yeahe'ye'. 



Translation 



I am coming, I am coming, 



The grandmother from on high, Wi'ahe'e'ye 1 , 



The grandmother from on high, Wi'ahe'e'ye 1 , 



Wi'ahe'e'ye'ye'yeahe'ye' , 



Wi'ahe'e'ye'ye'yeahe'ye'! 



This song also was composed by the woman Nyu'taa. In her trance 

 vision she fell asleep and seemed (still in the vision) to be awakened 

 by the noise of a storm, when she looked and saw approaching her the 

 Storm Spirit, who said to her, "I come, the grandmother from on high." 

 The Caddo call thunder the "grandmother above" and the sun the 

 "uncle above." 



5. Na'-iye' ino' ga'nio'sIt 



Wa hiya'ne, wa'hiya ne, 

 Na'-iye' ino' ga'nio'sit, 

 Na'-iye' ino' ga'nio'sit. 

 Wa hiya'ne, wa'hiya'ne. 



Translation 



Wa'hiya ne, wa'hiya'ne, 



X[y sister above, she is painted, 



My sister above, she is painted. 



Wa'h iya'ne, wa h iya' ne. 



