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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[bTH. ANN. 39 



Song 3. 



(Osage version, p. 400; literal translation, p. 538.) 



First Stanza 



Transcribed ty Alice C.Fletcher 



Time beats 



Wa - no" - xe 



a-tha ti the the, U - zho" 



r r r r 



ge a-tha bi' the the, U-zho"- ge u-wa-pathi" he, Wa-no». 



^ r -'J f - f r - - r 



xe a-tha bi the, U-zho"- ge u-wa-pa thi» he, Wa-no» - 



^m 



f r 



r r 



xe a-tha bi the, U ■ zho" - ge u-wa - pa thi" he. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



All have gone to the land of spirits, 

 Leaving a well-trodden path, 

 Already upon that path I am traveling. 

 All have gone to the land of spirits, 

 Upon their path I am traveling. 

 All have gone to the land of spirits, 

 Upon their path I am traveling. 



.\11 have gone to the land of spirits, 



Leaving a wcU-trodden path. 



Already upon that path I am traveling. 



My grandfathers have gone to the land of spirits. 



Upon their path I am traveling. 



All have gone to the land of spirits, 



Leaving a well-trodden path. 



Songs of the Vigils. 



Following the Spirit Songs is a group of two songs called No°'- 

 zlii"-zho° Wa-tho". The title of this group of songs may be literally 

 translated as follows: No^-zhi", stand; zho", asleep; Wa-tho", songs. 



