Baby Song, To Please The Children
Ha'wiye'-hyuwe', Ha'wiye'-hyuwe',
Yu'wê-yuwëhe', Ha'wiyëhyu'-uwe'--
Yâ'nû une'guhi' tsana'sehâ';
E`tï une'guhi' tsana'sehâ;
Yâ'nû nudûñnelû' tsa'nadiskâ
Ha'wiye'-hyuwe', Ha'wiye'-hyuwe',
Yu'wê-yuwëhe', Ha'wiyëhyu'-uwe'--
The Bear is very bad, so they say;
Long time ago he was very bad, so they say;
The Bear did so and so, they say.
Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney. From the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1897-98,