Ga-o' da-swe-t i-s ne jo-gweh

Representative Text

Ga-o' da-sw-t, i-s ne jo-gweh,
I-s ne swai-wane'agoh;
Ga-o' da-swee-t, he niga-ye';
Nodanideo-sha' Jesus.
Hodesh'oh, hodesha'oh,
Ne' ejiswaya'dagwat;
Gao' da-swe-t, i-s ne jo-gweh,
I-s, ne swai-wane'agoh.

Source: Voices: Native American hymns and worship resources #61

Text Information

First Line: Ga-o' da-swe-t i-s ne jo-gweh
Source: Trad. Seneca text; Anon. Eng. paraphrase
Language: Seneca
Publication Date: 1992
Notes: Can also be sung to "Farther Along" and "Face to Face"
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1992.

Tune

CONVERSE (Converse)

CONVERSE (also "Erie", named for the city in Pennsylvania where the composer lived for many years) was written in 1868 and published two years later in his Silver Wings under the pseudonym Karl Reden. The tune has also been called "Friendship." –Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship

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