Hiawatha's Vision

Cash Johnny

On the shores of gitchgoomy by the shining big sea water 
Hiawatha old and grayin' listened to the older prophet listened to Lagu 
And the young men and the women from the land of Ojibways 
From the land of the Dakotas from the woodlands and the prairies 

Stood and listened to the prophet heard lagu tell Hiawatha 
"I have seen" he said, "A water bigger than the big sea water 
Broader than the gitchgoomy bitter so that none cold drink it 
Salty so that none would use it" 

Hiawatha then spoke to them stopped all their jeering and their jesting 
And he spoke to all the people 
It's true what Lagu tells you for I have seen it in a vision 
I have also seen the water to the east to the land of morning 

And upon this great water came a strange canoe with pinions 
Bigger than a grove of pine trees, taller than the tallest tree tops 
And upon this great canoe were sails to carry it swiftly 
And it carried many people, strange and foreign were these people 

And white were all their faces and with hair their chins were covered 
Then said Hiawatha, "I beheld a darker vision" 
Many hundreds came behind them pushed their way across our prairies 
In our woodlands rang their axes, in our valleys smoked their cities 

Our people were all scattered all forgetful of our councils 
Left their homelands going westward wild and woeful 

And the man with bearded faces, the men with skin so fair 
With their barking sticks of thunder drove the remnants of our people 
Farther westward, westward, westward then wild wild and wilder 
Grew the west that once was ours


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