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Come here my mother; my younger brother is walking and crying. Come here my mother; here is the father, here is the father.
Here are the notes of another song:

Music Notes

to this strain are used the words:
Ate he ye lo, canupawan ci ci ca hu pi yani pi kta lo. Ate he ye lo. Ate he ye lo.
Which in English are:
This the father said, he brings the pipe for you, and you will live. This the father said, this the father said.
Just after the dancers have been crying and moaning about their sins the priests strike up the first song, in which all join, singing with deafening loudness. Some man or woman may be at this moment at the tree, with his or her arms thrown about the rushes, sobbing as if the heart would break; or another may be walking and crying, wringing his hands, or going through some motion to indicate the deepest sorrow for his transgressions. So the singer cries aloud to his mother to be present and aid him. The appeal to the father refers, of course, to the Messiah, and its use in this connection is supposed to give emphasis to the demand for the mother's presence, and hasten her coming.

the second song requires a longer explanation. It expresses in brief the goodness of the father. Some one of the dancers has come to life from the trance, and has just related his or her experience in the other world. The highpriest, enlarging upon the importance of this fact, runs about the interior of the circle handing several pipes around, exclaiming that these pipes were received direct from the Great Spirit, and that all who smoke them will live. The people are worked up to such a pitch of religious frenzy that their minds are now willing to receive any utterance as truth indisputable, so they pass around the pipes, singing the song meanwhile. The repetition of the words, "This the father said," gives more weight to the song.

The vision of Little Horse is still more remarkable. Through the Weasel he said:

"Two holy eagles transported me to the Happy Hunting Grounds. They showed me the Great Messiah there, and as I looked upon his fair countenance I wept, for there were nail-prints in his hands and feet where the cruel whites had once fastened him to a large cross. There was a small wound in his side also, but as he kept himself covered be seen when he shifted his blanket, He insisted that we continue the dance and promised me that no whites should enter his city nor partake of the good things

"KICKING BEAR."
Ogallalla Sioux, War Chief of the Messiah Craze, Fighting Chief of Ghost Dancers.