My partner! My partner!
Strike the ball hard—
Strike the ball hard.
I want to win,
I want to win.
This song refers to the woman’s game of gû‛gă′hawa′t or “shinny,” played with curved sticks and a ball like a baseball, called gaawă′ha, made of (buffalo) hair and covered with buckskin ([figure 90]). Two stakes are set up as goals at either end of the ground, and the object of each party is to drive the ball through the goals of the other. Each inning is a game. The song was composed by a woman, who met her former girl comrade in the spirit world and played this game with her against an opposing party.
8. Ä′-nani′ni′bi′nä′si waku′na
Nä′nisa′na, Nä′nisa′na,
Ä′-nani′ni′bi′nä′si waku′na,
Ä′-nani′ni′bi′nä′si waku′na.