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21. 1

Ha LA ha La+ ha Lê'+, ha LA ha La+ ha Lê+.
(Laughter)
Â'ga lglga'odîgAn sgoa'na gwê+,
Here is where | black ground used to be | one | [of them],
Ha LA ha La+ ha Lê'+, ha LA ha La+ ha Lê+.
(Laughter)
A gâ'ldjidAs 2 gâ'ñañ. A gâ'ldjidAs gâ'ñañ.
Crow | like a, | crow | like a.

Ha LA ha La+ ha Lê'+, ha LA ha La+ ha Lê+.
Here is where one of the black tattoo-marks used to be, 3
Ha LA ha La+ ha Lê'+, ha LA ha La+ ha Lê+.
(Black) just like a crow, (black) just like a crow.


Footnotes

17:1 This song has to be sung last.

17:2 The baby word for "crow."

17:3 Probably this refers to the place where the child is supposed to have been tattooed in her former existence on earth.


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