Songs of the Tewa: Part I: Home Songs: XII. Rags Are Royal Raiment . . . . .

XII

RAGS ARE ROYAL RAIMENT . . . . .

"That dirty one, that ragged one."
Thus do they deride us two.

But you, you have good fortune;
Yellow clothes, pink clothes, blue clothes.
These are the only kinds you wear!

But you not mind to be a mule!