Thunder's Little Plastic World - For the love of Song!

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
was blind but now I see.

In Cherokee;
Ooh nay thla nah, hee oo way gee'
E gah gwoo yah hay ee.
Naw gwoo joe sah, we you low say,
E gah gwoo yah ho nah.

In Navajo;
NizhOnigo jooba' ditts' a'
Yisdashiitinigii
Lah yooiiya, k'ad shenahoosdzin,
Doo eeshii da nt'ee.

In Kiowa;
Daw k'ee da ha dawtsahy he tsow'haw
Daw k'ee da ha dawtsahy hee.
Bay dawtsahy taw, gaw aym ow thah t'aw
Daw k'ee da ha dawtsahy h'ee.

In Creek;
Po ya fek cha he thlat ah tet
Ah non ah cha pa kas
Cha fee kee o funnan la kus
Um e ha ta la yus.

In Choctaw;
Shilombish holitopa ma!
Ishmminti pulla cha
Hatak ilbusha pia ha
Is pi yukpalashke.


Words: John Newton, 1779;
Phonetic transcription Cherokee, Kiowa, Creek, Choctaw
as sung in Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference;
Navajo phonetic transcription by Albert Tsosie.
From Cherokee Psalms, a collection of hymns, 1991.

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