A Lullaby Anonymous Shídozhiⁿga pízhi wáli shídozhiⁿga boy m443 pízhi he is bad m005 m422 m639 wáli very m515 The little boy is very bad Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayihayi [vocables] m003 Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi Ghagé huwaáli ghagé he cries m004 m129 huwaáli a great deal m196 m515 He cries a great deal Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayihayi [vocables] m003 Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi Shímiⁿzhiⁿga yáli ao shímiⁿzhiⁿga girl m444 yáli she is good m005 m581 ao . m031 The little girl is good Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayihayi [vocables] m003 Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi Ghagé háⁿkazhe ghagé she cries m004 m129 háⁿkazhe not m161 m639 She cries not Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayiyiyi [vocables] m003 hayihayi [vocables] m003 Hayiyiyi, hayiyiyi, hayihayi This text originally appeared in the Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society: Vol X., 1907-1908 in Rev. Joab Spencer's article "The Kaw or Kansas Indians: Their Customs, Manners, and Folk-lore." Spencer (1908: 377) writes: "She-do-shin-ga pe-she-wal-ly, High-e-ye-ye, high-e-ye-ye; hi-hi. Hog-e-i he-wal-ly, High-e-ye-ye, high-e-ye-ye; hi-hi. Shi-me-shin-ga yol-la-o; High-e-ye-ye, high-e-ye-ye; hi-hi. Hog-e-i hun-kush-a, High-e-ye-ye, high-e-ye-ye; hi-hi. The song may be made as long as the singer desires. The translation of the above is simply: She-do shin-ga. The little boy—ре-she wal-ly is very bad. Hog-e-i, He cries—he-wal-ly, a great deal. Shi-me shin-ga, The little girl—yol-la-o, is good. Hog-e-i, She cries—hun-kush-a, no or not. Shin-gah or shin-ga, means о small child or babe, without reference to sex." Elsewhere in the article (p. 376), he explains the vocables and Kanza music as a whole in the following manner: "The expression 'high-e-ye-ye' in the Indian songs has no meaning. They use these syllables in all their songs. It is simply an interlude between sentences to keep the sound. Their songs have no meter. I have heard them sing a great many songs, all of them giving some narrative of some historical event. They do no express any sentiment or emotion. I have known them to sing a song and compose it as they sang, some one as leader, and the others following him, and at some other rehearsal they would sing the same story, using some parts additional." Twenty-second text entered for ANA graded reader project in January 2009.