Feather River Singers: Music

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OLD WAYS
By Barbara A. Warren
Cherokee Language Consultant Prentice Robinson

Lead:
Ya ya way a hay
Tso-gi-ga-yv-li-ge o-tsa-li-he-li-go (Our ancestors, we honor them.)

Second:
Ya ya way a hay
Tso-gi-ga-yv-li-ge o-tsa-li-he-li-go (Our ancestors, we honor them.)


Ya ya way a hay
Tso-gi-ga-yv-li-ge o-tsa-li-he-li-go (Our ancestors, we honor them.)


Chorus:
O-tsa-li-he-li-go (We grateful.)
O-tsa-li-he-li-go (We grateful,)
I-gv-yi u-ni-lu-tsv (to the Ones Who Came Before.)

O-tsa-li-he-li-go (We grateful.)
O-tsa-li-he-li-go (We grateful,)
I-gv-yi u-ni-lu-tsv (to the Ones Who Came Before.)

U-we-ti tsi-nu-s-dv-i (for) the Old Ways)
A-ni-yv-wi-ya hay ya (of) the People.)

U-we-ti tsi-nu-s-dv-i (for) the Old Ways)
A-ni-yv-wi-ya hay ya (of) the People.)