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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



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T\w following song was sung ])y the Intercessor during one of 

 the periods when the (h-ummers rested; the people listened atten- 

 tively. In oxplanatioii of this song Red Bird said: 



This is a song concerning a dream of an Intercessor. In his dream he saw the rising 

 sun with rays streaming out around it. He made an ornament which re])resented 

 this. At first he alone wore it, butafterward others wore the same ornament. [See 

 p. 89.] It is a hoop with feathers fastened lightly to it. The hoop represents the 

 sun, and the feathers fastened to it are feathers of the eagle, which is the bird of day, 

 the crane, which is the bird of night, and the hawk, which is the surest bird of prey. 



No. 25. Song concerning the Sun and Moon (Catalogue No. 504) 



Sung by Red Bird 

 Voice J — 58 

 Drum not recorded 



Aij - pe wi kii] ko-la wa-ye - lo 



ai] - pe wi klij 



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ko-la wa-ye - lo 



caq-gle- ska le ko-yag ma-ye - lo 



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waq - bli wa - aij ku - yag ma - ye - lo he lo 



WORDS 



(First rendition) 



agpe^ wi kig the sim 



kola^ waye^lo is my friend 



daggle'ska le a hoop 



koyag' maye^lo it has made me wear 



wai]])li' wai) an eagle 



koyag^ maye^lo ' it has made me wear 



(Second rendition) 



hagye^ wi kig the moon 



kola^ waye'lo is my friend 



pehag' wag a crane 



koyag^ maye^lo it has made me wear 



detai)'' wag a hawk 



koyag' maye'lo it has made me wear 



