Title
We Are Illini
Subject
Songs and music
Sheet music
Illinois
Illini
Native Americans
Description
Lyrics depict an encounter between a white explorer and a Native American using Native American stereotypes.
Creator
Belsky, Margaret Shaw
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1955
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
200195
Illinois Sheet Music Collection
T-Z
Transcription
WE ARE ILLINI.
Song for Soli & Chorus
With energy
Verse and Music by Margaret Shaw Belsky.
Copr (c) 1955 by Margaret Shaw Belsky.
Place: Plains of Illinois
Time: About 1679
Soloists: Caucasian Explorer, Indian Chieftain.
Chorus: Indians
SOLO: EXPLORER.
"You welcome cry to plains of Illini; where finest maize doth grow; where prairie dogs hop slow. May we suck fresh drink from
CHO: Indians
Red Men cry "We are Illini!
SOLO: Indian Chieftain.
We welcome cry To Plains of Illini. On fields where Tribes are meeting kindness be our greeting. Courage spares a brother. No harm we'll bring each other.
If Foes should raise War Cry, We'll Fight or Die. For Ideals of Illini!
CHO. All Indians & Explorers.
Whoop.!
Status
Complete
Percent Completed
100
Weight
20
Original Format
6
32 cm