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Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 492; literal translation, p. 615.)_^ 

 M.M. J = 80 



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Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



To my grandfather, the bird, ask ye for aid, ask for aid, 

 To the crow, the arrow, ask ye for aid, ask for aid. 



2. 



To my grandfather, the loird, ask ye for aid, ask for aid, 

 To the hawk, tlie arrow, ask ye for aid, ask for aid. 



