Cesvs vc vnokeces

Representative Text

1 Cexvs vc vnokeces
Cokvrakkot cv kices.
Hopuetvke enaket's;
Yekcekekis, ent yekes.

Refrain:
Vc vnokeces,
Vc vnokeces
Vc venokeces,
Nakcokvt cv kices.

Phonetic transliteration:

1 Chhesus ahjahnokeechees
Chokahthako chahkaychees.
Hopweetahkee eenahkehts;
Yeekchahkaykees, en yeekchees.

Refrain:
Ahj ahnokeechees,
Ahj ahnokeechees,
Ahj ahnokeechees,
Mahkchokuht chah kaychees.

Source: Voices: Native American hymns and worship resources #41b

Text Information

First Line: Cesvs vc vnokeces
Source: Trad. Muscoggee text; Anon. phonetic transliteration with corrections by Leona Sullivan
Language: Muscogee
Refrain First Line: Vc vnokeces
Publication Date: 1992
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1992.

Tune

JESUS LOVES ME (Bradbury)

William B. Bradbury (PHH 114) added a refrain line to Warner's stanzas and wrote the tune JESUS LOVES ME in 1861. The hymn was published in Bradbury's church school collection The Golden Shower (1862). The tune is also known as CHINA in some hymnals, presumably because of its popularity among missio…

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