Her Shadow (Ojibwa)
Out on the lake my canoe is gliding,
Paddle dipping soft lest she should take alarm;
Ah, hey-ah hey-ah ho, hey-ah hey-ah ho, thus I go!
Somewhere along shore she is hiding,
She is shy to yield to love’s alluring charm;
Ah, hey-ah hey-ah ho, hey-ah hey-ah, love will win, I know.
There is a shadow swiftly stealing!
Should it be her own, soon I will win the race;
Ah hey-ah hey-ah ho, hey-ah hey-ah ho, I think it is!
Will she but turn, herself revealing,
I will shout aloud when-e’er I see her face.
Ah! hey-ah hey-ah ho, hey-ah hey-ah ho,
There she is!