You’ve got to love the feel and the smiles in the Attawapiskat-filmed video that even credits the Rez Dogs. And it’s even more fun to sing along in Cree.
(N-dialect text transcription, thanks to Ken Paupanekis)
niwî-pimâtisin, niwî-mîniwân
ninanâtawâpamâw kâ-mino-têhêt
môna nitayân ôhi kêkwâna
ê-nâtawâpamak kâ-mino-têhêt
âsay (ê)-kisênîwiyân
ê-nâtawâpamak kâ-mino-têhêt
âsay (ê)-kisênîwiyân
ᓂᐑᐱᒫᑎᓯᐣ, ᓂᐑᒦᓂᐚᐣ
ᓂᓇᓈᑕᐚᐸᒫᐤ ᑳᒥᓄᑌᐦᐁᐟ
ᒨᓇ ᓂᑕᔮᐣ ᐆᐦᐃ ᑫᒁᓇ
ᐁᓈᑕᐚᐸᒪᐠ ᑳᒥᓄᑌᐦᐁᐟ
ᐋᓴᐩ ᐁᑭᓭᓃᐏᔮᐣ
ᐁᓈᑕᐚᐸᒪᐠ ᑳᒥᓄᑌᐦᐁᐟ
ᐋᓴᐩ ᐁᑭᓭᓃᐏᔮᐣ
I wanna live, I wanna give
I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold
It’s these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old
Read more at an earlier CLN post about this great Neil Young cover
