I may be wrong, but this beautiful, flat gravel road, looks like it’s from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Locals there swear they’ve got the best, flattest rez roads in Saskatchewan, thanks to Milton Greyeyes and his powerful skills with the grader. A road like that is something to be thankful for! (Thanks to Rusty Gardiner for letting me use his wonderful photo, which usually just lurks in the background of the CLN site.)
Of course, some roads are a lot bumpier than others, so thanks, Solomon Ratt for sharing his translation and karaoke talents (and for persisting with me through many technical bumps along my road to video). Lyrics follow below as text (so you can print out the words, or look them up).
| SRO | (Back-translation) |
|---|---|
| 🎶 kîkâc kîsikohk, kîwîtinohk âmaciwîspimowin, mâhtâwi-sîpiy. pimâtisiwin kayâs ikotî nikî-mitho-pimâtisiwin, kîwîtinohk. | Almost heaven, up north, Stanley Mission, Churchill River. Life long ago, I had a good life there, up north. |
| 🎶 Chorus: mîskanaw kîwîhtahin ninohtî-kîwân ôma. âmaciwîspimowin, mâhtâwi-sîpiy, kîwîhtahin mîskanaw. | Country road take me home. I want to go home. Stanley Mission, Churchill River. Take me home, country road |
| 🎶 Bridge: nipihtawâw mikisiw kîkisîp î-tîpwâsit î-kiskisomit takî-kîwîwak otâkosîhk, otâkosîhk. | I hear the eagle this morning calling Reminding me I should’ve been home Yesterday, yesterday. |
| 🎶 Chorus: mîskanaw kîwîhtahin ninohtî-kîwân ôma. âmaciwîspimowin, mâhtâwi-sîpiy, kîwîhtahin mîskanaw. | Country road take me home. I want to go home. Stanley Mission, Churchill River. Take me home, country road |
| Bridge 2: mihcîtiwak ikotî sâkwîsiwak, môswak, ikwa nikikwak, mahihkanak, amiskwak, ikwa wacaskosak, wacaskosak. | Over there, there are many mink, Moose, and otters, Wolves, beavers, and Muskrats, muskrats. |
| 🎶 Chorus: mîskanaw kîwîhtahin ninohtî-kîwân ôma. âmaciwîspimowin, mâhtâwi-sîpiy, kîwîhtahin mîskanaw. | Country road take me home. I want to go home. Stanley Mission, Churchill River. Take me home, country road |
