The simple pathos of the words cannot be reproduced in English. They carry a meaning beneath their literal sense that appeals like the cry of a child.
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Father, have pity upon me! I am weeping from hunger (of the spirit): There is nothing here to satisfy me! |
The music tells the story of the cry. Its cadences are antiphonal, as between the two worlds.
GHOST DANCE SONG.
Arapaho.
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