remember the time. [Music

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remember the time.
[Music: SONG OF THE WREN.
_Pawnee._
Transcribed from Graphophone and harmonized by EDWIN S. TRACY.
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi
Ke-chi ra-ku-wa-ku whe ke re re we chi.]
THE OMAHA FUNERAL SONG.
There was but one funeral song in the Omaha tribeand this was only sung to honour some man or woman
who had been greatly respected by the people.
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What one would seewhen this song was sungwas in violent contrast to the character of the music. The
blithe major strains suggest only happiness. They hardly touch groundso to speakbut keep their flight up
where the birds are flitting about in the sunshine; andif there are clouds in the blue skythey are soft and
fleecyand cast no shadows. Yet the men who sang this song were ranged in line before the tent where the
dead lay ready for burial. They had drawn the stem of a willow branch through a loop of flesh cut on their left
armand their blood dripped upon the green leaves and fell in drops to the ground.
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