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Cont. from front: When Preston first heard this song, an elder told him it was a "healing song" - literally a song that physically heals. Also sung at funerals to heal the psyches of the living. In the second chosen session, the women stepped closer together (and to the men). Then they moved back. Oscillated between positions. The third verse described coyote [?] and wrapping an arrow around his body. Women converged and spread out similarly to verse 2. Fourth, quails dust bathing. Both beat and melody changed. Fifth concerns the grey/ white of their feathers. The womens' swaying is simple but matches the beat. Sixth: "He saw it coming from the middle of the water" water = river. 7th: "Swimming in the water, going by." Refers to the centerpole in a dwelling (first to be built).