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CHANTS TO THE DEITY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: I AM THE LIVING BODY OF THE GREAT SPIRIT ABOVE
Last Line: "WHAT SPIRIT, OR BODY, IS THIS BODY? / WAY, HO! HO! HO!"

1.
I am the living body of the Great Spirit above,
(The Great Spirit, the Ever-living Spirit above,)
The living body of the Great Spirit,
(Whom all must heed.)
Heh! heh! heh! heh!

2.
I am the Great Spirit of the sky,
The overshadowing power.

I illumine earth,
I illumine heaven.
Way, ho! ho! ho! ho!

3.
Ah say! what Spirit, or Body, is this Body?
(That fills the world around,
Speak man!) ah say!
What Spirit, or Body, is this Body?
Way, ho! ho! ho! ho!




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