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Text:Way way way
Tune:WAY WAY WAY
Transcriber:Frances Densmore

742. Way way way

Way way way way way.
Way way way way way.
Way way way way way.

Other traditional prayers may be used, such as “Alleluia,” “Christ have mercy,” “Kyrie eleison,” or “Holy Spirit, come.”

Text Information
First Line: Way way way way way
Title: Way way way
Meter: Irregular
Publication Date: 2020
Topic: Alleluia; Children: Appropriate for; Indigenous Communities: Resources Related to (2 more...)
Source: Ojibwe traditional (Red Lake Nation, USA), Chippewa Music, 1913; additional phrases as suggested by Mark MacDonald (First Nations, Canada), as sung in Ojibwe communities (Minnesota, USA)
Tune Information
Name: WAY WAY WAY
Transcriber: Frances Densmore
Meter: Irregular
Key: E Major
Source: traditional Ojibwe lullaby; transcr. Frances Densmore (USA), Chippewa Music, 1913



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