Dakota
Unktomi was going along; his way lay along by the side of a lake. Out on the lake there were a great many ducks, geese, and swans swimming. When Unktomi saw them he went backward out of sight, and picking some grass, bound it up in a bundle. He placed this on his back and so went again along by the side of the lake.
“Unktomi, what are you carrying?” asked the ducks and the geese and the swans.
“These are bad songs I am carrying,” said Unktomi.
The ducks said, “Unktomi, sing for us.”
Unktomi replied, “But the songs are very bad.”
But the ducks insisted upon it. Then Unktomi said, “Make a grass lodge.” So they went to work and made a large grass lodge.
“Now, let all the ducks, geese, and swans gather inside the lodge and I will sing for you,” said Unktomi. So all the ducks and the geese and the swans gathered inside and filled the grass lodge. Then Unktomi took his place at the door of the lodge and said, “If I sing for you, no one must look, for that is the meaning of the song.”
Then he began to sing,
Dance with your eyes shut;
If you open your eyes
Your eyes shall be red!
Your eyes shall be red!