Iroquois Lullaby (Ho, Ho, Watanay)

DESCRIPTION: Iroquois: "Ho, ho, Watanay (x3), Ki-yo-ki-na, ki-yo-ki-na." SIngable translation: "Sleep, sleep, little one (x3), Now go to sleep, now go to sleep" -- but it is also said that the text is just meaningless vocables
AUTHOR: unknown (English translation by Alan Mills)
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (Fowke/Mills/Blume-CanadasStoryInSong)
KEYWORDS: Indians(Am.) lullaby nonballad foreignlanguage
FOUND IN: Canada(Queb)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Fowke/Mills/Blume-CanadasStoryInSong, pp. 2-3, "An Iroquois Lullabye" (1 text, 1 tune)
Salt-BuckeyeHeritage-OhiosHistory, p. 13, "Iroquois Lullabye" (1 text, 1 tune)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Hey Hey Wataney
File: FMB002

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