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Songs of the Tewa, by Herbert Joseph Spinden, [1933], at sacred-texts.com


p. 72

I
THE ROAD OF MAGIC

Yonder on White Mountain Plain
It was good in the long ago!
San Juan girls and San Juan boys,
Together they used to walk
Where lies the Road of Magic.

Yonder on Cactus Stalk Plain
It was good in the long ago!
Together we used to walk,
San Juan girls and San Juan boys,
Where lies the Road of Magic.

Yonder on Painted Mountain Plain
It was good in the long ago!
San Juan girls and San Juan boys,
With them I used to walk
Where lies the Road of Magic.

Here on Medicine Hill Plain
Again we walk together!
San Juan girls and San Juan boys,
Again we walk together
Where lies the Road of Magic!


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