WHITE WOLF ON THE HORIZON

THERE’S A WHITE WOLF ON THE HORIZON

WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE CHEROKEE

THIS BABY BORN ON THIS WINTER MORNING

WILL BRING US HOPE, WILL BRING US PEACE

THERE’S A WHITE WOLF ON THE HORIZON

HE BRINGS A MESSAGE FOR THE CHEROKEE

THIS BABY BORN ON THIS WINTER MORNING

WILL BRING US HOPE, WILL BRING US PEACE

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

SONG OF THE NUNNEHI

NUNNEHI

Come away with us and you will see

There’s a secret world right at your   feet

We will sweep you up on an eagle’s wing

To our hideaway where we dance and sing

La da dee we are the Nunnehi   (flute answer)

La da dee we are the Nunnehi         

                              (Flute solo)

NANYEHI

Far away I hear them call to me

You can hear them too if you believe

From the mountain ridge through the misty leaves

Over grassy knolls under crystal streams

Come the voices of the Nunnehi

NUNNEHI

La da dee we are the Nunnehi

                              (Solo)

NANYEHI

Come the voices of the Nunnehi  (flute answer)

Hear the voices of the Nunnehi  (flute answer)

ALL

From the mountain ridge through the misty leaves

Over grassy knolls under crystal streams

NANYEHI   Come the voices of the Nunnehi

NUNNEHI   La da dee we are the Nunnehi

NANYEHI   Hear the voices of the Nunneihi

NUNNEHI   We’re the voices of the Nunnehi

NANYEHI   Come the voices of the Nunnehi

NUNNEHI   La da dee we are the Nunnehi

NANYEHI   Hear the voices of the Nunnehi

NUNNEHI   We’re the voices of the Nunnehi

NANYEHI   They’re the voices of the Nunnehi

Becky Hobbs, Duane Sciacqua c. 2010 Becca’s Mecca Music, BMI

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

BATTLE OF TALIWA
 

da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa
da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa

a-ni-yun-wi-ya, a-ni-yun-wi-ya
a-da-se-go-gi-s-di we’ll have victory in Taliwah
a-da-se-go-gi-s-di we’ll have victory in Taliwah

a-ni-yun-wi-ya, a-ni-yun-wi-ya
a-da-se-go-gi-s-di we’ll have victory in Taliwah
a-da-se-go-gi-s-di we’ll have victory in Taliwah

da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa
da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa

a-da-se-go-gi-s-di we’ll have victory in Taliwah
a-da-se-go-gi-s-di we’ll have victory in Taliwah

da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa
da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa, da-nu-wa

Nan ye hi, Nan ye hi, Nan ye hi
Nan ye hi, Nan ye hi, Nan ye hi

a-da-se-go-gi-s-di we’ll have victory in Taliwah

Translation: War, war, war, war
War, war, war, war

Principal People, Principal Peopl
Victory, we’ll have victory in Taliwa
Victory, we’ll have victory in Taliwa

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

DONADAGOHVI (UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN)

YOU WERE MY HUSBAND WITH A BRAVE AND GENTLE HAND

THE ONLY MAN I’VE EVER LOVED

YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR PEOPLE AND THE LAND

THIS VERY LAND SOAKED WITH YOUR BLOOD

DO-NA-DA-GO-HV-I

THERE IS NO GOODBYE

ONLY TEARS I CRY

WE HAVE WON THE VICTORY

BUT MY HEART IS GONE

WITH YOU GONE FROM ME

CAN YOU SEE ME?  CAN YOU HEAR ME?

CAN I REACH YOU?  ARE YOU NEAR ME?

IN MY DREAMS YOU WILL REMAIN

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

THE JOYFUL SEASONS THAT I SHARED WITH YOU

GONE IN A CRUEL MOMENT OF TIME

I TOOK REVENGE, THAT’S WHAT I HAD TO DO

BUT THAT WON’T BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE

DO-NA-DA-GO-HV-I

THERE IS NO GOODBYE

ONLY TEARS I CRY

WE HAVE WON THE VICTORY

OH, BUT MY HEART IS GONE

WITH YOU GONE FROM ME

I WILL SING OF YOU IN GLORY

SO OUR CHILDREN WILL KNOW YOUR STORY

IN MY DREAMS YOU WILL REMAIN

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

CAN YOU SEE ME?  CAN YOU HEAR ME?

CAN I REACH YOU?  ARE YOU NEAR ME?

IN MY DREAMS YOU WILL REMAIN

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

LITTLE FELLOW, MY SON

I WISH I COULD BE THERE AS YOU GROW BRAVE AND TALL

I WOULD TEACH YOU TO HUNT, TO FISH, AND PLAY BALL

BUT THE GREAT SPIRIT CALLED ME, MY JOURNEY WAS DONE

YET I’LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU

LITTLE FELLOW, MY SON

AS YOU WALK YOUR OWN PATH THROUGH THE FEARED AND UNKNOWN

YOU MAY FEEL ALL THE BURDEN, BUT YOU’RE NOT ALONE

I’M THE MIST ON THE MEADOW

THE DEER ON THE RUN

I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU

LITTLE FELLOW, MY SON

I ONCE WAS A WARRIOR LIKE ONE DAY YOU’LL BE

I LIVED AND I DIED FOR WHAT I BELIEVED

BUT YOU’LL NEVER KNOW ME ‘TIL YOUR JOURNEY’S DONE

YET I’LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU

LITTLE FELLOW, MY SON

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

PASS THE WHISKEY

KNIVES, GUNS, AND AMMUNITION

POTS AND PANS FOR THE KITCHEN

EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE BEEN WHISHEY

FOR IS AT YOUR FEET

BOWS AND BONNETS FOR THE LADIES

BIBS AND BLANKETS FOR THE BABIES

AIN’T NO ‘IFS’ OR ‘MAYBES’

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

HI HO PASS THE WHISKEY

FEELIN' FINE AND A WEE BIT FRISKY

HERE’S TO THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE CHEROKEE

SILVER BELLS THAT JINGLE JANGLE

SILKEN THREADS THAT WILL NOT TANGLE

THIS HERE’S ONE OF THEM NEW-FANGLED

WASHBOARDS YOU COULD USE

CALICO AND BOLTS OF GINGHAM

MIRRORS AND RAZORS YOU’LL BE NEEDIN'

FINEST WATCHES FROM THE KINGDOM

ANY STYLE YOU CHOOSE

HI HO PASS THE WHISKEY

FEELIN’ FINE AND A WEE BIT FRISKY

HERE’S TO THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE CHEROKEE

HI HO PASS THE WHISKEY

DEPRIVIN’ ME’S MIGHTY RISKY

HERE’S TO THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE CHEROKEE

(SPOKEN)

HERE’S TO THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN

HERE’S TO THE FRIENDSHIP UNFORSAKEN

HERE’S TO THE TRADES WE’RE MAKIN’

MAY THEY ALL BE FAIR

HERE’S TO OUR GALLANT SOLDIERS

HERE’S TO YOUR FEARLESS WARRIORS

HERE’S TO THE LOVELY LADY

STANDIN’ OVER THERE

HI-HO PASS THE WHISKEY

ME NOSE IS RED AND ME EYES ARE MISTY

HERE’S TO THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE CHEROKEE

HERE’S TO THE KING OF ENGLAND AND THE CHEROKEE

Music by Becky Hobbs /  Lyrics by Becky Hobbs, Nick Sweet & Peggy Ritter

c. 2009

BY THE FIRE

COME IN FROM THE BITTER COLD WINTER FIELDS OF WHITE

ROASTED CORN AND SALTED DEER WAIT FOR YOU INSIDE

NO ONE OUT THERE KNOWS YOU’RE HERE YOU CAN STAY THE NIGHT

  BY THE FIRE BY THE FIRE

 I WILL TAKE YOU IN MY ARMS

 YOU’LL BE SAFE AND WARM

 BY THE FIRE BY THE FIRE

LET YOUR TROUBLES DRIFT AWAY

 IN THE RISING FLAMES

 BY THE FIRE

I WILL SHARE MY BLANKET OFFER YOU MY WINE

TELL ME STORIES OF YOUR LIFE I WILL TELL YOU MINE

IN THE QUIET OF THE DAWN YOU CAN LEAVE THIS NIGHT

  BY THE FIRE  BY THE FIRE

 I WILL TAKE YOU IN MY ARMS

 YOU’LL BE SAFE AND WARM

 BY THE FIRE BY THE FIRE

 LET YOUR TROUBLES DRIFT  AWAY

 IN THE RISING FLAMES

 BY THE FIRE

BY THE FIRE  BY THE FIRE

LET US CARRY IN OUR SOULS

THE SECRETS THAT WE TOLD

BY THE FIRE  BY THE FIRE

MAY YOU GO IN PEACE MY FRIEND

’TIL WE MEET AGAIN

BY THE FIRE

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

THIS LAND IS NOT OUR LAND

YOU COME WITH WAGONS, YOU COME WITH PLOWS

YOU SAY YOU BOUGHT THIS LAND, I DON'T KNOW HOW

THIS LAND IS NOT OUR LAND, IT'S ONLY OURS TO USE

IT DON'T BELONG TO ME, IT DON'T BELONG TO YOU

OH

YOU BRING YOUR TREATY, YOU BRING YOUR PEN

YOU SAY WE SOLD THIS LAND, I DON'T KNOW WHEN

THIS LAND IS NOT OUR LAND, IT'S ONLY OURS TO USE

IT DON'T BELONG TO ME, IT DON’T BELONG TO YOU

OH

LOOK AT MY RIVERS, THE MOUNTAINS CRY

WHERE WILL THE OTTER SWIM WHEN IT RUNS DRY

THE TREES SO MIGHTY, FALL ONE BY ONE

WHERE WILL THE BLUEBIRD NEST WHEN YOU ARE DONE

YOU HAVE A HUNGER, IT WILL NOT DIE

YOU MUST TAKE EVERYTHING, I DON'T KNOW WHY

THIS LAND IS NOT OUR LAND, IT'S ONLY OURS TO USE

IT DON’T BELONG TO US, WE’RE ONLY PASSING THROUGH

OH

LOOK AT MY MEADOWS, THE MOUNTAINS ROAR

WHERE IS THE DEER TO GRAZE WHEN THERE’S NO MORE

OUR CORN SO PLENTY, PULLED ONE BY ONE

WHAT WILL WE HAVE TO EAT WHEN YOU ARE DONE

OH

THIS LAND IS NOT OUR LAND, IT’S ONLY OURS TO USE

IT DON’T BELONG TO ME, IT DON’T BELONG TO YOU

IT DON’T BELONG TO US, WE’RE ONLY PASSING THROUGH

THIS LAND IS NOT OUR LAND, IT’S ONLY OURS TO USE

OH

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs and James Nihan

c. 2009

T’S A LONG WAY OVER (Duet)

NANCY:              DEAR BRYANT,

YOU SAID AS YOU WERE LEAVING

WHEN THE SPRING CAME TO THE MOUNTAINS             

THAT I WOULD FIND COMFORT

IN THE FLOWERS ON THE RIDGE

                            BUT THE SEASONS KEPT ON TURNING

                            I COULDN’T GET PAST THE HURTING

                            SO I KEPT ON WALKING

                            AND I’M STILL CROSSING THAT BRIDGE     

Chorus:             

                            IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

GETTING’ OVER YOU

BRYANT:              DEAR NANCY,

IN THE QUIET OF THE NIGHT TIME

I LIE HERE THINKING OF YOU

I LONG FOR YOUR PASSION

AND YOUR TOUCH UPON MY SKIN

                            THE WORLD WE SHARED TOGETHER

                            I‘LL REMEMBER FOREVER

                            I LIVE FOR THAT MOMENT

                            WHEN I’M HOLDING YOU AGAIN

Chorus:             

                            IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

GETTING’ OVER YOU

Chorus:             

                            IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

IT’S A LONG WAY OVER

GETTING’ OVER YOU

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

1. The old chiefs gave away our lands to you so bold and greedy

    I warn you now, I take my stand, to keep them won’t be easy

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    he ya he ya he ya he ya

2. You burned our crops, destroyed our towns, you killed our wives      and children                                            

    I vow for every life you take, a killing for a killing

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    he ya he ya he ya he ya

3. Bloody Fellow, Doublehead, Young Tassel and the Raven

    My warriors are behind me, there’s no white scalp worth the saving

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

4. You drove my people from their homes, to hunger and starvation

    Your words mean nothing to us now except retaliation

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    he ya he ya he ya he ya

5. With total disrespect for life, all you left is death behind you

    Strike the war pole, beat the drum, our tomahawks will find you

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    he ya he ya he ya he ya

    he ya he ya he ya he ya

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

    THERE WILL BE BLOOD, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

THE SAME THING

LYDIA

We raise cattle, we raise pigs

Like our moms and daddies did

We fatten and we butcher them

That’s the way it’s always been

NANCY

We hunt bear and we hunt deer

Like our elders taught us here

With bows and arrows carved of stone

That’s the way we’ve always known

BOTH

But we both want the same thing

Different though we seem

Our children fed, and a good roof over our heads

When it rains

We both share the same dream

For our families

That one day we all may

Live together in peace

LYDIA

We spin cotton, we spin yarn

Build our houses, build our barns

We make plows and wagon wheels

And whiskey in the still

NANCY

We weave baskets we tan hides

We make medicine and dyes

We grow corn, beans and rice

And tobacco for our pipes

BOTH

But we both want the same thing

Different though we seem

Clothes to wear, the right to say our prayers

As we please

We both share the same dream

For our families

That one day we all may

Live together in peace

We both want the same thing

Different though we seem

Our children fed and a good roof over our heads

When it rains

We both share the same dream

For our families

That one day we all may

Live together in peace

LYDIA

Tell your people, I’ll tell mine

We’re gonna get a long just fine                    

NANCY

It’s up to us, the women folk

To spread the word of hope.                                                                                       

LYDIA

We don’t want no battlefields

No widowed wives, no orphaned children

NANCY

Tell ‘em now we’ve had enough

It’s time we learned to love                                                                                        

BOTH

We both want the same thing

Different though we seem

Red or white, the right to live our lives

As we please

We both share the same dream

For our families

That one day we all may

Live together in peace

Oh, one day we may

Live together in peace

Becky Hobbs, Duane Sciacqua & Nick Sweet, c. 2010 Becca’s Mecca Music, BMI

BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER

LAY DOWN YOUR TROUBLES, BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER

YOU’VE FOUGHT LIKE A CHAMPION SO STRONG FOR SO LONG

YOUR BATTLE’S OVER, BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER

SO TRADE IN YOUR SWORD FOR WINGS TO FLY

LAY DOWN YOUR PAIN

LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND

TRADE IN YOUR SWORD FOR WINGS TO FLY

THIS LIFE IS UNFAIR, BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER

SOME WALK ON FEATHERS AND SOME WALK ON STONE

AND YOU’VE HAD A ROUGH ROAD, BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER

BUT YOU KEPT ON GOING, NOW YOU’VE MADE IT HOME

LAY DOWN YOUR PAIN

LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND

TRADE IN YOUR SWORD FOR WINGS TO FLY

WE ARE KINDRED SPIRITS, BRAVE LITTLE SOLDIER

WE’VE MARCHED TOGETHER IN LIFE’S COMMON WARS

SO GO IN PEACE – THIS GOODBYE’S NOT FOREVER

‘CAUSE WE’LL MEET AGAIN ON SOME FARAWAY SHORE

LAY DOWN YOUR PAIN

LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND

TRADE IN YOUR SWORD FOR WINGS TO FLY

TO FLY

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

PALE MOON

PALE MOON

WHISPERS A SONG IN THE WIND

SO OLD AND SO WISE HIGH IN THE SKY

MY OLD FRIEND

PALE MOON

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE

I LONG TO HEAR SPEAK TO MY SPIRIT

TONIGHT

WHITE MAN’S MEASURED BY WHAT HE HAS

AN INDIAN’S BY WHAT HE GIVES

WE MUST LEARN FROM OUR BROKEN PAST

THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY FOR US TO LIVE

PALE MOON

YOU’VE SEEN IT ALL FROM ABOVE

HELP US TO GIVE

TO LEARN AND TO LIVE

AND TO LOVE

ARE WE BORN ON THE WINGS OF FATE

DESTINED TO BE WHO WE ARE

HELP US LEARN BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

WE’RE ONE PLANET ONE PEOPLE ONE HEART

PALE MOON

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE

COME TO MY DREAMS

SING ME YOUR SWEET

LULLABY

OH, I LONG TO KNOW

SPEAK TO MY SOUL

IN THE NIGHT

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 1993

LET THERE BE PEACE

I WAS BORN IN A FIELD OF CORN

IN THE LAND OF THE CHEROKEE

I DID MY CHORES BUT I KNEW THERE WAS MORE

THAN MY EYES COULD SEE

I MARRIED YOUNG, HE WAS BRAVE AND STRONG

BUT HE DIED FIGHTING FOR HIS CREED

I TOOK HIS PLACE BUT I VOWED SOMEDAY

THAT WE WOULD LIVE IN PEACE

LET THERE BE PEACE, LET THERE BE LOVE

LET LIFE FLY FREE AS THE MOURNING DOVE

LET EVERY HEART HEAR THIS SONG I SING

LET THERE BE LOVE, LET THERE BE PEACE

THE WARS RAGED ON TO THE WARRIOR’S SONG

BUT A CHANGE WHISPERED THROUGH THE WIND

“THE WHITE MAN’S HEART BEATS THE SAME AS OURS

WHEN WILL WE UNDERSTAND?”

OUR CHILDREN DIED AND THE WHITE WOLF CRIED

“ALL YE PEOPLE LAY DOWN YOUR GUNS!”

IT’S TIME TO LEAD OUR HEARTS TO PEACE

THAT WE MAY LIVE AS ONE

(REPEAT CHORUS)

NOW I AM OLD BUT MY STORY’S TOLD

MAY IT GROW AS THE YEARS GO BY

AND WHEN YOU SEE A WHITE SWAN’S WING

KNOW I AM STILL ALIVE

(REPEAT CHORUS)

TAG

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009

NANYEHI

NANYEHI NANYEHI OF THE CHEROKEE

YOU WERE BRAVE YOU WERE STRONG YOU WERE SEVENTEEN

LED YOUR PEOPLE IN WAR, THEN YOU STOOD FOR PEACE

NOW IT’S TIME WE REMEMBERED YOUR WORDS

YOU WILL BE HEARD

 SAVED LIVES RED AND WHITE WITH YOUR BLOOD AND SWEAT

YOU GAVE HOPE YOU SHOWED KINDNESS TO ALL YOU MET

NOW THE WORLD WILL REMEMBER YOUR WORDS

YOU WILL BE HEARD

NANYEHI NANYEHI DID THE WORLD FORGET

YOU WILL BE HEARD

YOU WILL BE HEARD

YOU WILL BE HEARD

NANYEHI NANYEHI OF THE CHEROKEE

I HAVE KNELT AT YOUR GRAVE  ‘NEATH THE CEDAR TREE

AND I KNOW IN MY SOUL YOU’RE A PART OF ME

NOW THE WORLD WILL REMEMBER YOUR WORDS

YOU WILL BE HEARD

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs

c. 2009