The Keeper of the Songs
A Caddo heart stopped beating,
On October nineteen ninety-seven.
The Social Dancing head singer,
Has transitioned into Heaven.
With a great ear for music,
The Turkey Dance rang aloud.
And the beating of the drum's,
Rhythm moved the crowd.
With a well of traditional stories,
He’d begin and others sang along.
The seasonal dances forever yearn;
The keeper of the songs.
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This is a tribute to Wimpy Edmonds.
The last member of the Caddo tribe,
who new all the traditional songs.
The lead singer and head drummer,
for Native American music at Pow-Wows.
www.texasbeyondhistory.net/tejas/voices/today.html
Copyright © Raul Moreno | Year Posted 2008
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