TRADITIONS

(Strength To Womens Drums)

(chorus)

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

 

We have a teaching in our song

Cherokee women proud and strong

Taking a stand in modern days

This is our traditional way

 

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

 

Women on the drum is not a disgrace

People want to put us in a different place

But before yonega came

Cherokee women drummed and sang

 

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

 

Traditions over time have changed

Everything's done at a faster pace

Distracting us so we won't see

The medicine of the Cherokee

 

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

 

We carry the heartbeat of the drum

To honor warriors we have sung

For our traditions we stand strong

That's why we will sing this song

 

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

 

We have a message in our song

Cherokee women proud and strong

Taking a stand in modern days

This is our traditional way

Women on the drum is not a disgrace

People want to put us in a different place

But before yonega came 

Cherokee women drummed and sang

 

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

Tsalagi Ageyv    Tsalagi Ageyv

 

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