PART ONE
Indian Love Lyrics and Other Verse selected from the songs of the North American Indians.
I SONGS OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
MY BARK CANOE 21
HER SHADOW 22
LOVER’S WOOING, OR BLANKET SONG 23
PAPAGO LOVE SONGS 25
LOVE SONG (DAKOTA) 26
THE BRIDE’S SONG 27
LONELY 28
WAR SONG 29
II SONGS OF GRIEF
ONONDAGO HYMN 30
LAMENT OF A MAN FOR HIS SON 31
THE DEATH OF TALUTA 32
WIND SONG 33
BLUEBIRD SONG 34
SONG OF THE UNHAPPY WIFE 35
THE SONG OF UKIABI 36
A LOVER’S LAMENT (TEWA) 37
MY HOME OVER THERE (TEWA) 38
III SONGS OF NATURE (Secular)
HUNTING SONG 39
A SONG OF THE DEER CEREMONY 41
MOUNT KOONAK: A SONG OF ARSUT 42
THE COYOTE AND THE LOCUST 43
KA-NI-GA SONG 44
CORN-GRINDING SONG (LAGUNA) 45
SONG TO THE TREES AND STREAMS 46
SONG TO THE MOUNTAINS 47
RITUAL SONG 48
WIND SONG 49
A SONG OF SPRING 50
DARKNESS SONG (FROM THE INVITATION RITE) 51
THE INVITATION SONG 52
THE PLANTING SONG 56
IV SONGS OF RAIN
SONG OF THE RAIN CHANT 57
THE VOICE THAT BEAUTIFIES THE LAND 59
CORN-GRINDING SONG (TESUQUE) 60
SONG OF THE BLUE CORN DANCE 62
CORN-GRINDING SONG (ZUÑI) 63
CORN DANCE SONG (ZUÑI) 64
KORASTA KATZINA SONG 65
ANGA KATZINA SONG 66
HE-HEA KATZINA SONG 67
WUWUCHIM CHANT 68
A RAIN SONG OF THE SNAKE SOCIETY I 69
A RAIN SONG OF THE SNAKE SOCIETY II 70
CORN SONG 71
RAIN SONGS 73
A METATE SONG 75
FLUTE SONG 77
V SONGS OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS
THE SUNRISE CALL 78
HYMN TO THE SUN 79
SUNSET SONG 82
INVOCATION TO THE SUN-GOD 83
A SONG OF GOTAL, LIII 84
FIRST DAYLIGHT SONG 85
SONG OF THE DAWN BOY 86
THE MORNING STAR AND THE NEW BORN DAWN 87
DAYLIGHT 88
THE BIRTH OF DAWN 89
SONG TO THE PLEIADES 91
THE SONG OF THE STARS 92
THE STARS DEHN-DEK AND MAH-OH-RAH 93
VI SONGS OF DEITIES AND HOLY PLACES
SONG OF THE MASKED DANCERS 95
SONG OF THE MASKED DANCERS, III 96
EMERGENCE SONG 97
WARNING OF THE FLOOD 98
PROTECTION SONG 99
SONG OF NAYENEZGANI I 101
SONG OF NAYENEZGANI II 102
SONG OF THE HORSE 103
SONG OF THE HOGANS 104
WAR SONG (THE FLINT YOUTH) 107
ATSALEI YEDADIGLES (WIND BOY) 109
MOUNTAIN SONGS I-VI 110
MOUNTAIN SONG 114
MOUNTAIN SONG 116
VII SONGS OF INVOCATION FOR WELL BEING
INVOCATION OF THE GAME 117
MEDICINE SONG 119
PRAYER OF THE FIRST DANCERS 120
A PRAYER OF THE SECOND DAY OF THE NIGHT CHANT 125
PRAYER TO DSILYI NEYÁNI (LORD OF THE MOUNTAINS) 128
DEDICATION OF A NEW HOUSE 129
PRAYER OF THE FOSTER-PARENT CHANT 131
HOLY SONG 132
INVOKING THE VISIONS 133
RITUAL SONG 135
MEDICINE SONG 136
SONG OF THE PRIMAL ROCK 138
INTRODUCTION OF THE CHILD TO THE COSMOS 142
SONG OF TURNING THE CHILD 144
SUPPLICATION OF THE TSÍZHU WASHTÁGE 145
THE TRIBAL PRAYER (OMAHA) 146
WAWAN SONG 147
THE MORNING SONG 148