Tsitsutsa Tsigesv ᏥᏧᏣ ᏥᎨᏒ by Agalisiga Mackey NPR Tiny Desk Concert Contest Submission 2024

Tsitsutsa Tsigesv (When I was a boy) Cherokee language original by Agalisiga Mackey. Supported by Jake Lynn on drums, Jordan Hehl on bass, and Cooper Waugh on guitar. Recorded by Jeremy Charles and Pursuit Films. #nprtinydesk LYRICS: ᏥᏧᏣ ᏥᎨᏒ (when i was a boy) ᏳᏩᏒ ᏗᏢ ᏗᎬᏚᎲᎢ ᎠᏩᏛ.ᏏᏙᎸ ᏥᏧᏣ ᏥᎨᏒ i grew up towards kenwood when i was boy ᎤᏪᏴ ᎠᎼᎯ ᏦᎦᏓᏬᎥ ᎤᏲᏓᏩᏗᏒ ᏥᏧᏣ ᏥᎨᏒ we would cleanse ourselves in saline creek everyday when i was a boy ᏌᎶᎵ ᎤᎾᏓᏢ ᎦᏘᏲᎯ ᎣᏥᏏᏓᏁᎸ Ꮟ ᎣᏤᏙᎭ my family is still at squirrel ridge ground ᏗᎬ. ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᏓᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎪ ᎠᎾᎵᎮᎵᎪ Ꮟ ᎣᏤᏙᎭ children everywhere are playing and are grateful we are still here ᎤᎵᎪᎲᏍᏗ ᎠᎾ,ᏓᏁᏟᏱᏍᎪ in the fall they change ᎫᏘᎰᎢ it snows ᎦᏃᎸᏍᎪ the wind blows ᎢᎾ ᎠᏂᏛ.ᏍᎩ they grow there ᎠᏂᏤᏳᏍᏗ the new green ᎠᎦᎵᎭ ᎾᏩᎦ,Ꮩ.ᎯᏴᏓ the sun shines and all is as it should be ᏗᏗᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏕᏗᎳᏬᏕᏍᏗ ᎪᎯᏓ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎧᎵᏬᎡᏍᏗ we will take care of our elders till the end to the fullest ᎾᏂᎥ ᏴᏫ, ᏕᏣᏠᏯᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏂᎬ. ᎡᎶᎯ ᎧᎵᏬᎡᏍᏗ include everyone all over the world to the fullest ᎤᎵᎪᎲᏍᏗ ᎠᎾ,ᏓᏁᏟᏱᏍᎪ in the fall they change ᎫᏘᎰᎢ it snows ᎦᏃᎸᏍᎪ the wind blows ᎥᎾ ᎠᏂᏛ.ᏍᎩ they grow there ᎠᏂᏤᏳᏍᏗ the new green ᎠᎦᎵᎭ ᎾᏩᎦ,Ꮩ.ᎯᏴᏓ the sun shines and all is as it should be