X:1 T:Firefly C:Transposed for NAF by Robert Gatliff C:Ojibway - Originally transcribed in American Primitive Music (1909) by Frederick Burton M:4/4 L:1/4 K:E F A c B|F A c B| w:Wah-way-tay-see wah-wah-tay-see f c A F|f =f =d f/2^f/2|=f4|| w:e mow e shin tsi bwo ne-bau-ne we [M:3/8]f =f/2|=d3/2|f =f/2|=d3/2|=f3/2|^f3/2|| w:be e-gaun be e-gaun e-wee [M:4/4]F A c B|F A c B|=d =f ^f2|f =f ^f2|] w:wah-wah-tay-see wah-wah-tay-see was sa-koon ain-je-gun.
Simple Translation: Flitting white-fire-insect, give me light before I go to bed. Light me when I go to sleep with your bright candle.