FLETCHER] 



TWELFTH RITUAL 



151 



Were it not tnie tliat these dreams eome to us and ln-iii^- us all the 

 good things promised our fathers, we should long ago luive abandoned 

 the Ilako and its ceremonJ^ 



This song says to the Children : "As you listen you will have dreams 

 brought you by the birds represented with the Ilako. The visions 

 will bring you help; they will bring you happiness. They are coming 

 to you from the east." 



SONQ TO THE PLEIADES 



Words and Music 



M. M. ^^ = 116. 



• = Pulsation of the voice. 



--5- 



IIo-o-o-o! 



Drum, trim 

 Hatiles.',— '__ 





Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



—-f^-'i-^ 



AVe 



ta ra-clia; 



We - ta ra 



L-ha; 



We - ta ra-c'lia, 



•('•.„,, 



roo 



701 



70:3 



704 

 7(10 

 7(iCi 



HatWe-ra; ha 



t ^ i I 



700 Weta racha; ha I 



701 Weta racha: weta racha: 

 703 Chaka-a! 



703 Ruto chirao! Ha! Wira; hal 



704 Weta racha; weta racha: 



705 Chaka-a! 



706 Ruto chirao! Ha! Wera; ha! 



Traualafiun 



M'eta i-acha, ha! 



weta, coming, advancing. 



racha, rising, moving upward. 



ha! look! behold! 

 Weta i-acha; weta racha; 



weta racha. See line 7(Ht. 

 t'haka-a ! The name of the Pleiades. 

 Rutochiiao! Ha! Wira, ha! 



ruto, it is. "It" refers to the coming of the constellation. 



chirao, good, well. 



ha! behold! 



wira, wera, them coming. 



ha! behold! 

 Weta racha; weta racha; See line 700. 

 Chaka-a! See line 702. 

 lla! Wera; ha! See line 703. 



