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CHEROKEE INDIAN CHARMS
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(1) Love Charm—
Ku! Listen! In Alahiyi you repose, O Terrible Woman,
O you have drawn near to hearken.
There in Elayihi you rest, O White Woman.
When with you no one ever is lonely.
Most beautiful are you.
At once you have made me a white man.
When with me no one ever is lonely.
Now you have made the path white for me.
Never shall it be dreary.
Now you have put me into it.
Never shall it become blue.
The white road you have brought down to me.
There in mid-earth you have placed me.
Upon the earth shall I stand erect.
When with me no one ever is lonely.
Into the white house you have led me.
O you have drawn near to hearken.
There in Elayihi you rest, O White Woman.
When with you no one ever is lonely.
Most beautiful are you.
At once you have made me a white man.
When with me no one ever is lonely.
Now you have made the path white for me.
Never shall it be dreary.
Now you have put me into it.
Never shall it become blue.
The white road you have brought down to me.
There in mid-earth you have placed me.
Upon the earth shall I stand erect.
When with me no one ever is lonely.
Into the white house you have led me.
There in Elayihi you have made the woman blue.
Now you have made the path blue for her.
Let her be wholly veiled in loneliness.
Where her feet are now and where ever she goes
Let loneliness leave its mark upon her.
Now you have made the path blue for her.
Let her be wholly veiled in loneliness.
Where her feet are now and where ever she goes
Let loneliness leave its mark upon her.
Ha! I belong to the Wolf clan,
That one alone which was destined for you.
No one is ever lonely with me.
In the midst of men may she never think of them.
I belong to the one clan destined for you
When the seven clans were established.
That one alone which was destined for you.
No one is ever lonely with me.
In the midst of men may she never think of them.
I belong to the one clan destined for you
When the seven clans were established.
For I was ordained to be a white man.
I stand with my face towards the sun.
No one is ever lonely with me.
Every where I am shadowed by the white house everlasting.
No one is ever lonely with me.
Your soul has come
Into the very core of my soul
Never to turn away.
I—I take your soul. Sge!
I stand with my face towards the sun.
No one is ever lonely with me.
Every where I am shadowed by the white house everlasting.
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Your soul has come
Into the very core of my soul
Never to turn away.
I—I take your soul. Sge!
(2) Charm to cure the bite of a snake.
Dunuwa, dunuwa, dunuwa, dunuwa, dunuwa, dunuwa.
Listen! Ha! It is only a common frog which
Has passed by and put it into you.
Listen! Ha! It is only a common frog which
Has passed by and put it into you.
Dayuha, dayuha, dayuha, dayuha, dayuha, dayuha.
Listen! Ha! It is only an Usugi which
Has passed by and put it into you.
Listen! Ha! It is only an Usugi which
Has passed by and put it into you.
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