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BITE OF VIGIL— FREE TRANSLATION. 



105 



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M.M. J r 108 



Song 2. 



(Osage version, p 400; literal translation, p. 537.) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



For my journey to the spirit land I stand ready, 



To the land where my fathers have gone. 



For my journey to the spirit land I stand ready, 



To the land where my fathers have gone. 



For my journey to the spirit land I stand ready. 



To the land where my fathers have gone. 



