Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com

22 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 165
Translation
Deer-youth, the one who is four times ahead,
That is the one of whom I am thinking,
It is the kind of robe and the kind of face, the whole body and the kind of health
he has,
That is the one I am thinking about.
Antelope-youth, the one who is four times ahead.
That is the one of whom I am thinking,
It is the kind of robe and the kind of face, the whole body and the kind of health
he has.
That is the one I am thinking about.
Somewhere along the edge, under a pine tree,
There you are looking for me, you are waiting for me.
Now I shall follow where you have gone.
Somewhere out on the plain, somewhere among the sages,
There you are looking for me, you are waiting for me,
Now I shall follow where you have gone.
Analysis.—The framework of this song is a major triad with minor seventh
added (cf. Nos. 18 and 21). In the first period the tones of the triad occur in
descending order. The second period is preceded by an ascent of an octave and
its opening measures are framed on the descending tones G-sharp-E-C-sharp
-A-E. The song closes on the major triad with the keynote as its highest tone.
The principal interval of progression is a fourth.
SONG CONCERNING THE WATER USED IN CEREMONIES
The water used in ceremonies is brought from four directions.
The next song is concerning this water and is sung by medicine men
as they go in quest of it, also by women as they bring the water to be
used ceremonially by the men.
No. 18.
Song concerning the water used in ceremonies
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