FOOTNOTE:
[C] “This fine song summarizes the whole hope of the Ghost-dance—the return of the buffalo and the departed dead, the message being brought to the people by the sacred birds, the Eagle and the Crow.”
SONGS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT[D]
Sioux
He! They have come back racing,[E]
He! They have come back racing,
Why, they say there is to be a buffalo hunt over here,
Why, they say there is to be a buffalo hunt over here.
Make arrows! Make arrows!
Says the father, says the father.
Give me my knife,
Give me my knife,
I shall hang up the meat to dry—Ye´ ye!
I shall hang up the meat to dry—Ye´ ye!
Says grandmother—Yo´ yo!
Says grandmother—Yo´ yo!
When it is dry I shall make pemmican,
When it is dry I shall make pemmican,
Says grandmother—Yo´ yo!
Says grandmother—Yo´ yo![F]