“Chibiabos! Chibiabos!

He is dead, the sweet musician!”

From the wigwam sang the robin,

Sang the robin, the Opechee,

“Chibiabos! Chibiabos!

He is dead, the sweetest singer!”

And at night through all the forest

Went the whippoorwill complaining,

Wailing went the Wawonaissa,

“Chibiabos! Chibiabos!