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THIRTEENTH RITUAL, PART IV 



171 



TETE SONG OF THE 'WrBEN 



TT'orr/s and Music 



M. M. Melody, j^ ■= 54. 

 M. M. Drum. \'= 108. 



Transcribed by Edwin S. Tiacy. 



Ki - clii ru-ku wa-ku,Wlii'ke re re we chi; Ki-clii rii-ku wa-ku, 



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Whe ke re re we obi; Ki-cbi ru - ku wa-ku, Wheke re re we chi; 



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Ki-clii ru-ku wa-ku, Wheke re re we chi; Ki-chl ru-ku wa-ku, 



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818 Kichi mku waku, Whe ke re re we chi 



819 Kiclii ruku wakii. "Whe ke re re we chi 



820 Kichi rukii waku. Whe ke re re we chi: 

 831 Kichi ruku waku, Whe ke re re we chi 

 823 Kichi rnku waku, Whe ke re re we chi 

 833 Kichi ruku waku. Whe ke re re we chi. 



Translation 



818 Kichi ruku waku, Whe ke re re we chi. 



kichi, so it; but thi.s one. 



ruku, sang. 



waku, sound from the mouth, speech. 



whe ke re re we chi, syllables imitative of the sound of the 

 bird. 

 819-823 See line 818. 



Explanation by the Ku'rahus 



The wren is always spoken of as the laughing bird. It is a very 

 happy little bird, and we have .stories about it. p:very oue likes to 

 hear the wren sing. This song is very old: I do not know liow old, 

 how many generations old. There are very few words in the song, 

 but there is a story which has come down with it and which tells its 

 meaning. 



A priest went forth in the early dawn. The sky was clear. The 

 erass and wild flowers waved in the breeze that rose as the sun threw 



