Refrain:  Hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
              Again the call! 
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
              Ah hey they.

The action of this stanza shows the dancers being led by the call to the “field,” where the call seems to become clearer and at last is there located.  The dancers should scatter in groups, while different individuals should look about searchingly but without breaking the groups.  These should move here and there seeking for the “footprints” that had been left on the smooth tops of the little hills, and so lead to the action required for the next stanza.  Whenever in the song the line “The call!  The call!” occurs, there should be an apparent arrest of movement among the dancers as if to listen.

3

Again the call! 
Forth to the light of day
They come!  They come! 
Come pushing upward their way.

Refrain:  Hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
              They call!  They come! 
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
              Ah hey they.

“Day” is the symbol of life; the kernels are coming “into the light of day” in the original Ritual Song, meaning they are entering into life.  They call as they come, struggling and pushing their way through the breaking earth.  This life movement should be indicated by the motions of the dancers as they pass in groups with rhythmic steps from one little hill to another.  Directions as to how these motions should be made would hardly be helpful; the dancers can best plan this pantomime.

4

Again the call! 
Two feeble leaves are seen,
They call!  They call! 
Soon shall we stand clad with green!

Refrain:  Hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
              They call!  They call! 
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
            Ah hey hey they,
              Ah hey they.

The original Ritual Song tells that the feeble leaves, the first shoots, cannot stand or support themselves; they are helpless as infants.  But they have come to the “light of day,” “have entered into life,” and they will grow, become strong and stand, stretching ever higher into the light.  The native stanzas portray the progressive movements of the corn from feeble helplessness into the power of life.  The action of the dancers should convey this meaning by appropriate pantomime.

5

They call!  They call! 
Up springs our jointed stem,
They call!  They call! 
Golden fruit shall grow on them.