Singing singly or together:

“Wagemin, the thief of cornfields!

Paimosaid, who steals the maize-ear!”

Till the cornfields rang with laughter,

Till from Hiawatha’s wigwam

Kahgahgee, the King of Ravens,

Screamed and quivered in his anger,

And from all the neighboring tree-tops

Cawed and croaked the black marauders.

“Ugh!” the old men all responded,