_Sioux_
_He!_ They have come back racing,[E]
_He!_ They have come back racing,
Why, they say there is to be a buffalo hunt over here,
Why, they say there is to be a buffalo hunt over here.
Make arrows! Make arrows!
Says the father, says the father.
Give me my knife,
Give me my knife,
I shall hang up the meat to dry--_Ye´ ye!_
I shall hang up the meat to dry--_Ye´ ye!_
Says grandmother--_Yo´ yo!_
Says grandmother--_Yo´ yo!_
When it is dry I shall make pemmican,
When it is dry I shall make pemmican,
Says grandmother--_Yo´ yo!_
Says grandmother--_Yo´ yo!_[F]