S.S. Burrus - Cherokee

"I do not accept my people as poor or suppressed, but as adaptable and versitile with an inner Spirit that is bold enough to travel thru the challenge of time, and tender enough to feel the touch of the spirit."
- SS. Burrus





 


#1501 - LONG IN TOOTH
Friend,
My horse
flies like a bird
as it runs
.
- from song of the Horse Society
-Lakota


#1503 - CONVERSATIONS WITH RAVEN
In the sky
I am walking,
A bird
I accompany.
- Dream Song Ojibwa


#1509 - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY

I invite you to listen,
I invite you to dance,
I invite you to love,
share in the happiness,
Belong to the time, seek the spirit.

- SS. Burrus, Cherokee

#1508 - LOVERS
Fair is the white star of twilight,
And the sky clearer, at the day's end;
But she is fairer, and she is dearer,
She, my heart's friend.
Fair is the white star of twilight,
And the moon roving, to the skys end;
But she is fairer, better worth loving,
She my heart's friend.
- Shoshone Love Song


#1507 - REMEMBRANCE
A certain maiden
to the garden goes;
Lonely she walks.

- Hidatsa Song

#1506 - DADDY AND ME
Little good baby,he-ye,
Sleepy little babyA-ha, h'm
.
- Lullaby,Cheyenne Baby Song


#1505 - CORN SONG
Blue evening falls.
Blue evening falls.
Nearby, in every direction,
It sets the corn tassels trembling.
-
Tohono O'Odham Song (Papago)


 


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