Midnight Shine: Heart of Gold Video

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

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