Elizabeth Penney Wilson Sings a Hymn in nimipuutímt

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[Elizabeth Penney Wilson sings a hymn in nimipuutímt. As a 90-year old woman, her voice occassionally wavers but she knows all the words and the tune, which is set to "Auld Lang Syne."
She sings the first verse, then asks:]

"Now, that's the first verse, and another verse is -- you want me to sing that?"

[Without waiting, she proceeds to sing the second verse of the hymn to the same tune.]

Description

Elizabeth Penney Wilson—a Nez Perce tribal member who attended the Carlisle Indian Boarding School from 1902-1909—sings a hymn in nimipuutímt, set to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne."

Credit

Elizabeth Penney Wilson, interview by Loran Olsen, September 23 1971. Nez Perce Music Archive. National Park Service, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Lapwai, Idaho.

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