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Lilly Dale in Chinook
This is from the Oregon Native Son for July, 1899. Lilly Dale, the sad favorite of the closing period of the last century, was written by H. S. Thompson, and contains five stanzas and the chorus. The whole song was rendered into the jargon, but only the first stanza and the chorus will be given here:
The Original English
'Twas a calm, still night and the moon's pale light
Shone soft o'er hill and vale;
When friends mute with grief, stood around the death bed
Of my poor, lost Lilly Dale.
Chorus:
O Lilly, sweet Lilly, dear Lilly Dale,
Now the wild rose blossoms o'er her little green grave
'Neath the trees in the flow'ry vale.
The Chinook Version
Hyas klose polikely kliminilimin tocope,
Mitlite klose konawa kah;
Pe yacka tillicum mitlite memaluse bed,
Nika kilihium, Lilly Dale.
Chorus:
O Lilly, klose Lilly, hyas klose Lilly Dale,
Alta tipso mitlite kopa kacka tenas memaluse house,
Kekwilla stick pe tipso klose illahee.
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Tamala, Tamala,
By Hezekiah Butterworth
