1. Spose nesika muckamuck whiskey,
Whiskey muckamuck nesika dolla,
Spose nesika muckamuck whiskey.
Whiskey muckamuck nesika dolla.
Repeat twice.
Spose nesika muckamuck whiskey,
Whiskey muckamuck nesika dolla.
2. Spose nesika muckamuck whiskey,
Whiskey muckamuck nesika iktas.
Repeat as above.
3. Spose nesika muckamuck whiskey,
Whiskey muckamuck nesika wind.
4. Spose nesika muckamuck whiskey,
Whiskey muckamuck nesika tumtum.
TRANSLATION.
1. If we drink whiskey,
Whiskey will eat up our money.
2. If we drink whiskey,
Whiskey will eat up our things, _i. e._ clothes especially.
3. If we drink whiskey,
Whiskey will eat up our lives.
4. If we drink whiskey,
Whiskey will eat up our souls.
GOD'S OMNISCIENCE.
No. 6. Tune, "Harwell."
1. Saghalie Tyee, yaka seahost
Nanitch skookum konway kah.
Repeat both lines.
_Chorus--_
Pe wake kunjih nika ipsoot
Kopa yaka seahost.
Repeat both lines.
2. Kah kopet ikt tillikum mitlite,
Yahwa yaka seahost.
_Chorus--_
3. Kah kopet ikt man kapswalla,
Yahwa yaka seahost.
_Chorus--_
4. Kah ikt man kliminwhit wawa,
Yahwa, etc.
_Chorus--_
5. Kah ikt tillikum muckamuck whiskey,
Yahwa, etc.
_Chorus--_
6. Kah hiyu polaklie mitlite,
Yahwa, etc.
_Chorus--_
7. Kopa nika tumtum kwanesum,
Yahwa, etc.
_Chorus--_
TRANSLATION.
1. God's eyes
See strong everywhere;
_Chorus--_
And never can I be concealed
From his eyes.
2. Where there is only one person,
There are his eyes.
3. Where only one man steals,
There are his eyes.
4. Where one man tells lies,
There are his eyes.
5. Where one person drinks whiskey,
There, etc.
6. Where it is very dark,
There, etc.
7. In my mind always,
There, etc.
No. 7. Tune, "Hebrew Children."
1. Kah, O kah mitlite Noah alta?
Repeat twice.
Siah kopa kloshe illahee.
_Chorus--_
Alki nesika klatawa nanitch,
Repeat twice.
Siah kopa kloshe illahee.
2. Kah, O kah mitlite Joseph alta?
Siah kopa kloshe illahee.
_Chorus--_
3. Kah, O kah mitlite Moses alta?
Siah, etc.
_Chorus--_
4. Kah, O kah mitlite David alta?
5. Kah, O kah mitlite Elijah alta?
6. Kah, O kah mitlite Elisha alta?
7. Kah, O kah mitlite Jonah alta?
8. Kah, O kah mitlite Daniel alta?
9. Kah, O kah mitlite Lydia alta?
10. Kah, O kah mitlite Timothy alta?
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