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


p. 98

XXXIV
SONGS OF THE RACE DANCE

The Summer People

Old Man of the Sun
Stand ready at dawn
On Cactus Ridge!

Old Man of the Moon!
Stand ready at dawn
On Cactus Ridge!

Stand ready at dawn,
Thence for San Juan!
Stand ready at dawn,
For Eagle-Tail-Rain-Standing Road!

The Winter People

Little Twin White Men,
Of Stone Man Mountain,
Stand ready at dawn!

Thence for San Juan
Thence for Rain-Standing Road
At San Juan!

Man of the Great Night-Star
Stand ready at dawn
Thence for San Juan!


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