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Native American Ceremonials, Sports, and Songs with Sheet Music, Lyrics & Commentary

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	18                 INDIAN GAMES AND DANCES
	Song No. i i Here we stand ready now to go on our way To the field, buried under leaves dead and gray. Refrain: Ah hey they, Ah hey hey they, Ah hey they ha! Ah hey they, Ah hey hey they, Ah hey they ha!
	By the end of the first line of the refrain the dancers will have reached the "field" and have begun to dispose themselves over the space. Seven must stand in the first row, where they are to make the seven ceremonial hills. These seven dancers should lead the motions of all the others, so that the movements may present even lines, as in the bowing of violins in an orchestra. The