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Songs of the Tewa, by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], at sacred-texts.com


p. 73

III
I WONDER HOW MY HOME IS

In San Juan I wonder how my home is.
Surrounded by green cottonwoods my home is,
Now I remember all and now I sing!
Now I remember how I used to live
And how I used to walk amid my corn
And through my fields. Alas! what can I do?


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