Text: | Mohawk Hymn |
Translator (from Oneida): | Joe K. Peters |
Tune: | [Amazing grace! How sweet the sound] |
Harmonizer: | Edwin O. Excell |
1 Jad kah thoh jee nee shon gwah wee.
Nen yon gwee tee yo see.
Ye yah gah wee ryah syah yo see.
Skah nee gon rat ee genh.
2 Tee yon dah dee no rohn kwah see.
KEE REES TOS sha go wee.
Jee tyoh han wah deht nee yo skahts.
Wah bon hehts hee ree yo.
3 Ka ya ne ren ka rohn ya geh.
Ne sa ren honts ha.
Ehn sa de tenh ston eh non ga.
Ne jit kon di tye se.
4 Nee nee yo nah don ha ee ree.
O nehn eh yee ya go.
O nehn yah go non dah ra on.
Jee noon weh nee NEE YO.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jad kah thoh jee nee shon gwah wee |
Title: | Mohawk Hymn |
Translator (from Oneida): | Joe K. Peters |
Language: | Mohawk |
Publication Date: | 1992 |
Topic: | Love; Reconciliation |
Copyright: | English paraphrase © 1992 Emily White and Christi Garrow |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Amazing grace! How sweet the sound] |
Harmonizer: | Edwin O. Excell |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | 19th cent. USA melody |