LAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 355 



Song 4. 

 (Osage version, p. 511.) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSI-ATION. 

 1. 



Behold the black clouds rolling through the sky, 

 The black clouds rolling through the sky. 



Behold the gray clouds rolling through the sky. 

 The gray clouds rollng through the sky. 



3. 



Behold the white clouds rolling through the sky, 

 The white clouds rolling through the sky. 



Behold the blue clouds rolling through the sky, 

 The blue clouds rolling through the sky. 



Songs of Decorating the Club. 



Immediately after the singing of the Rain Songs the A'-ki-ho" 

 Xo'-ka makes the following annomicement : 



"Ha! Ni-ka Xo-be, wa-ga-xe a-tsi" do." "Ho! ye Holy Men, I 

 have now come to the dramatic songs." 



