FLETCHER] FIFTH RITITAL, PART II 75 



SONG -WHEN CROSSING THE STHEAMS 



]\'(ir<ls iniij Music 

 M. M. /= 116. 



• — Piilsatiim of tlie voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



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Ho-o-o I He! Ka-w.issi-re te - wi liii ku-ka, Te-\vibu-ku-ka. lie! Ka-wassi -re a he! 



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Ka-wassi-re te-wi bu-ku-ka. He! Ka-tvassi-re te-wi bu-kuka. 



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24.J Ho-o-o! 



246 He! Kawa.s sire tewi linknku, 



247 Tewi hiiknka. 



248 He! Kawas sire a lie! Kawa.s sire tewi hnknka. 



249 He! Kawas sire tewi hukiilja. 



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2.50 Ho-o-o! 



2.51 He! Kawas sire tewi liariki. 



252 Tewi liariki. 



253 He! Kawas sire a he! Kawas sire tewi hariki. 



254 He! Kawas sire tewi hariki. 



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255 Ho-o-o! 



256 He! Kawas sire tewi haiwa, 



257 Tewi haiwa. 



258 He! Kawas sire a he! Kawas .sire tewi haiwa. 



259 He! Kawas sire tewi haiwa. 



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260 Ho-o-c! 



261 He! Kawas sire tewi hawitslipa, 



262 Tewi hawitshpa. 



263 He! Kawas sire a he! Kawas .seri tewi hawitshpa. 



264 He! Kawas sire tewi liawitshpa. 



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245 IIo-o-o! An iiitrniluclory cxclaniatioii. 

 24(5 He! Kawa.s sire tewi Iiukuka. 



hel a part of the exclamation liiril give heedl liai'ken! 

 Kawa.s; the V)i-own eagle, which in this ceremony represents 



the feminine principh^, the night, the moon. 

 sire, its; a possessive pi-onoun referring to Kawas. 

 tewi, it has; refers to the water. 



hnknka, a coini)osite word; hu, from chuharu, water; kuka, 

 to step into, as to put one's feet in the water, to wade. 

 247 Tewi hnknka. 



tewi, it has; tlie water has tonehed the feet. 

 hnknka, step into the watei'. Tlie feet have stepped into the 

 water. 



