Cherokee Morning Song

Walela
Arranged by Rita Coolidge and Robbie Robertson.
Album: Music for the Native Americans

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We n' de ya ho, We n' de ya ho,
We n' de ya, We n' de ya Ho ho ho ho,
He ya ho, He ya ho, Ya ya ya

Translation - We n' de ya ho
Freely translated: "A we n'" (I am), "de" (of), "Yauh" --the-- (Great Spirit), "Ho" (it is so).
Written as: A we n' de Yauh ho (I am of the Great Spirit, Ho!).

This language stems from very ancient Cherokee
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Translation by David Michael Wolfe who is an Eastern Virginia Cherokee and a cultural historian.