Pig Is Crying . . . Sung and told by Mary Townsend Crow to Dayna Bowker Lee in 1994. This is a little 'fun song' for children which has Lenape words. Many Lenape songs just use vocables.
English:
Mary introduces the song telling about it in English.
Lenape:
Mary introduces the song telling about it in English.
English:
Pig is crying, Pig is crying (or squealing).
Lenape:
Kwëshkwësh mëlimu, Kwëshkwësh mëlimu.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
Talk in English.
English:
Opossum is watching, Opossum is watching.
Lenape:
Opinkw pënasu, Opinkw pënasu.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
Talk in English.
English:
vocables
Lenape:
Ho wi ho, ho wi ye, ho wi ye, ho we ye hi ne (x 2)
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
Talk in English.
English:
Sound of the Katydids.
Lenape:
Sound of the Katydids.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
Talk in English.
English:
Pig is crying, Pig is crying.
Lenape:
Kwëshkwësh mëlimu, Kwëshkwësh mëlimu.
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
Talk in English.
English:
Opossum is watching, Opossum is watching.
Lenape:
Opinkw pënasu, Opinkw pënasu.
English:
vocables
Lenape:
Ho wi ho, ho wi ye, ho wi ye, ho we ye hi ne (x 2)
English:
Talk in English.
Lenape:
Talk in English.
English:
Sound of the katydids.
Lenape:
Sound of the katydids.
English:
vocables
Lenape:
Ho wi ho, ho wi ye, ho wi ye, ho we ye hi ne (x 2)
