LAFLBSCHE] BITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 353 



Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 610: literal translation, p. 627.) 



■••■»•• J ._. Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



M.M. d = 104 ' 



Time beats ' ' I I 



Mo"- gthe ho° - ge, ho"- ge 



r r r 



ta - ko i" da ha 



i 



M: 



r r r r r " r 



we the, Mo^-gthe ho°-ge,ho°-ge 



r r r 



ta-ko i" da ha 



j=^ I JJ.JJ.|J Jjll-^jJJJ II 



•7 



f r ' ' ^ : . 



we the, E-da do-ba ha ta-ko i" 



r r r 



da ha -we he. 



mirL.'' r M-c^r p t i i f^=^ 



f — r 



Mo" - gthe 



Ta-ko i" da 



r r 



ha - we 



the. 



^>'-h^w c^itt=^ r rj-|i^r r m 



1 



r r 



r r r 



r r r r 



ho"-gf,ho"-ge ta-ko i" da ha - we the he the. 



The theme of Song 3 is the beauty of the clouds that vary in their 

 color. The song is expressive of the exclamations of the people as 

 they behold the colors of the approaching cloutls. In this song the 

 word "Mo"'-xe," Sky, is used as a trope for clouds. 



A free translation of one line from each stanza will give the meaning. 

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