Kookoom La Leun

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Title: Kookoom La Leun
Creator: Andrea Menard
Subject: Michif, Songs, Andrea Menard
Description: Kookoom La Leun is a prayer song for Grandmother Moon. It came to Andrea as an outpouring of love to the Full Moon one night. It is her way to honour and thank Grandmother Moon for her many blessings. It was written to hold medicine for all of Grandmother Moon’s phases, but is especially powerful on New Moon and Full Moon nights. Sing it as a gratitude song.

Kookoom la Leun Introduction:



Kookoom la Leun
by Andrea Menard, translated by Verna DeMontigny © 2022


Kookoom, ka-ahkoochi daan la nwit (Grandmother who hangs in the night)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha
Kookoom, pe ayamihan (Grandmother I come in prayer)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha
Nakamon mon marsii nimekin (I sing my thanks)
Way lawaya lawaya ha

Kookoom, di loo oochipitamon (Grandmother who pulls the water)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha
Kookoom, neso-tipishkaatapinaan (Grandmother we sit in the dark together)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha
Nakamon mon marsii nimekin (I sing my thanks)
Way lawaya lawaya ha

Kookoom, waashakeshkum la terre (Grandmother who orbits the Earth)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha ha
Kookoom, niya ihko kiwaapaatahin (Grandmother you show me myself)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha
Nakamon marsii nimekin (I sing my thanks)
Way lawaya lawaya ha

Kookoom, ka-ahkoochi daan la nwit (Grandmother who hangs in the night)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha
Kookoom, pe ayamihan (Grandmother I come in prayer)
Ya way lawaya lawaya ha
Nakamon mon marsii nimekin (I sing my thanks)
Way lawaya lawaya ha
Publisher: Gabriel Dumont Institute
Date: 2022
Type: Audio
Format: .mp3
Language: Michif
Date of Copyright: November 9, 2022
GDI Media Filename: 04_Kookoom_La_Leun.mp3

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