obtained from Ayâsta, and was unknown to Swimmer. The second song was
obtained also from Ayâsta, who knew only the verses, while Swimmer
knew both the verses and the story which gives them their setting.
The first has an exact parallel among the Creeks, which is thus given
in the "Baby Songs" of the Tuggle manuscript:
Ah tan Down the stream
Ah yah chokese if you hear
Mah kah cho kofe chase going
Hoche yoke saw up the stream
Lit kahts chars, run,
Lit kahts chars. run.
A thle poo Up the stream
Ahyohchokese if you hear
Mah kah cho kofe the chase going
Thorne yoke saw to the high mountain
Lit karts chars, run,
Lit karts chars. run.
Translation
If you hear the noise of the chase
Going down the stream
Then run up the stream.
If you hear the noise of the chase
Going up the stream
Then run to the high mountain,
Then run to the high mountain.