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1862–1900

An Apache Love-Song.

Thomas Winthrop Hall

A-atana she was here. A-atana I was dear. She will never come again. Chill my heart, O wind and rain.

A-atana she was here. Hark, the wind asks “Hi-you?” And I answer “A-coo, Ustey with your bitter cold;

U-ga-sha, my love of old.” Still the wind asks “Hi-you?” “Hi-you?” I know not where. A-oo, I hardly care.

Take it to the land of snow; Take it where the stars all go. “Hi-you?” I do not care. It-sau-i did it all —

It-sau-i, proud and tall. Tell her I have gone to fight. Ask her if her heart is light. It-sau-i did it all.

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