. Bulletin. Ethnology. 38 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 101 Song 2 (Osage version, p. 152) 2- 100 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher, Time beats p |" p P P The - §e 0° - bi - 96 a thi° he, r r r r ^ ^ He, zhin - the, He, zhi^ - the, i EiSE SES nâ!âr% r r The - 96 on - bi - ^e a thi° he, 0 On-thin . ge ta tse tho tse tho° - zha ^ââ â n- ^ ^ -i -i -J^ -i^. z=t :4= -Tl 4 '. FREE TRANSLATION Dry is my tongue from marching, O, my elder brother, O, my elder brother, Dry is my tongue from marching. And, lo, death draws near to me. Dry is my tongue from marching, O, my elder brother
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 38 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 101 Song 2 (Osage version, p. 152) 2- 100 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher, Time beats p |" p P P The - §e 0° - bi - 96 a thi° he, r r r r ^ ^ He, zhin - the, He, zhi^ - the, i EiSE SES nâ!âr% r r The - 96 on - bi - ^e a thi° he, 0 On-thin . ge ta tse tho tse tho° - zha ^ââ â n- ^ ^ -i -i -J^ -i^. z=t :4= -Tl 4 '. FREE TRANSLATION Dry is my tongue from marching, O, my elder brother, O, my elder brother, Dry is my tongue from marching. And, lo, death draws near to me. Dry is my tongue from marching, O, my elder brother, O, my elder brother. Dry is my tongue from marching. Song 3, which the boys sing and to which they dance, as they follow their elders around the village, has a deeper meaning than that conveyed by its words as understood by their ordinary usage and sense. The song prefigures the success of the war party and the departure of the enemy to the spirit land. The lads sing: "O, elder brothers, a spirit makes for me a feast," which means, metaphorically, that the enemy has fled to the spirit land, leaving him to feast upon the fruits of the earth and thus to grow to manhood, and finally to reach old Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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