Tune, “The Hebrew Children.”
From “Ten Years at Skokomish,” by permission.
Chinook Jargon—Kah, O kah mitlite Noah alta?
Skokomish—Dichad, dichad kaoway kleets Noah?
Clallam—Ahinkwa, ahinchees wia-a Noah?
English—Far off in the promised land.
Chorus—
Eng.—By and by we’ll go ho home to meet them,
Chinook Jargon—Alki nesika klatawa nanitch,
Skokomish—Atsoi, atsoi hoi klishaydab sublabad,