Songs

In 2014 Juanita McGirt mentioned to Jack Martin that she had gone through her Muskogee hymnal and counted over 70 songs that she could sing. She expressed an interest in recording those songs before they were forgotten.

Martin subsequently made arrangements with Gloria McCarty (McGirt’s niece) and her husband Michael McCarty to make video recordings of Mrs. McGirt. This collection has grown out of Mrs. McGirt’s interest in preserving these songs.

The full list of hymns recorded is presented below.

  • Aeha! Kut Cv Hesayēcv. mus16003-01. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Ayvyvtet Rvlvkarēs. mus16003-02. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cem Mēkusapeyvtē (Dismissal song, slower version). mus16003-03. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. mus16003-04. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Estvmvn Estomēn Fullatskis. mus16003-05. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Tecakkeyvtē Emēkusapvlke. mus16003-06. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Purke Likan. mus16003-07. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Mēkko Hvlwēn Likēs. mus16003-08. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Rvne Kalfvle Hocefkēn. mus16003-09. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Oketv Nettv Espoke. mus16003-10. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cem Mēk̨usapeyvtē (Dismissal song, faster version). mus16004-01. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Ēkvnv Hę̄raten. mus16004-02. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Nettv Stofis Cvhohsekos. mus16004-03. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cvnat Ēkvn Ofvn Sumkvranis. mus16004-04. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hark! From the Tombs. mus16004-05. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Purket Hvlwēn Likēs. mus16004-06. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Mēkusape Fullvnna. mus16004-07. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hvlwe Tvlofv Min Vyvranis. mus16004-08. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Tohweklepkv Vnakvn. mus16004-09. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hvthvyatken Vlicēcēt. mus16004-10. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Em Onvyarēs. mus16004-11. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vnrvphoyē Fullvnna. mus16004-12. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vnokeckvt Omēcicen. mus16004-13. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Mi Hvlwe Tvlofv Min. mus16004-14. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vnherketvn Cenwikvkis. mus16005-01. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Momis Komet Vpēyvkvrēs. mus16005-02. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hesaketvmesē Likēs. mus16005-03. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Espoke Tis Omēs Kerrēskos. mus16005-04. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Vcvnokēcēs. mus16005-05. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Cvhoyanet V’tskvs. mus16005-06. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Pum Afacketvn. mus16005-07. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Vlakvtēs. mus16005-08. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Kvwapkvtē. mus16005-09. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cehotohsvkatēs. mus16005-10. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Ehocefkvn Esvs. mus16005-11. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cvlvranē Svmmomis. mus16005-12. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Emēkusapit Vyēpis. mus16005-13. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hofonen Yvmvn Fullēt. mus16005-14. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Momis Komet Vpēyvkvrēs. mus16006-01. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Min Vyēpis. mus16006-02. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Mēkusapvlket Yicof. mus16006-03. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hvlwēn Vpokēpēs. mus16006-04. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Heleluyvn yvhikarēs. mus16006-05. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Mēkusvpkvn vlicēceyvrēs. mus16006-06. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Em Eyoksvt Vlakofvn. mus16006-07. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Ēkvnv Herusat. mus16006-08. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Poyvfekcv Herat. mus16006-09. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Emēkusapit Vcvkkvyarēs. mus16006-10. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Epunrvphoyē. mus16006-11. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • O Vkvsvmvkvrēs. mus16007-01. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Mēkusapvt Min Vpokēs, version 1. mus16007-02. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Mēkusapvt Min Vpokēs, version 2. mus16007-03. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Pu Hesayēcvn! mus16007-04. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Awatsken Vpēyvkvrēs. mus16007-05. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hvlwe Mimvn Vpēyvkvrēs. mus16007-06. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • ’Pēyvtēs, ’Pēyvtēs. mus16007-07. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vwepvks Vpēyvkvrēs. mus16007-08. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vpēyvkvrēs. mus16007-09. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Nene Wvkēcvnna. mus16007-10. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vnokeckv Omēcicēn. mus16007-11. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cvto Enhvteceskv. mus16007-12. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Ayvtēs! Ayvtēs! mus16007-13. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Pēyvtēs, Vpēyvtēs. mus16008-01. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vcoh-vtēs. mus16008-02. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Ayvtēs! Ayvtēs! mus16008-03. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • O Vpēyvkvrēs Cēsvs Likan. mus16008-04. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Nettv Hērat. mus16008-05. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cvyvpayes. mus16008-06. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Hesayēcv To’tskat. mus16008-07. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Yvpe-Fik’ Vhecicvlke. mus16008-08. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Vyetvn, Vyetvn, O Vyetvn. mus16008-09. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Cēsvs Emvhakvn Pohis. mus16008-10. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Pu Hesayēcvn. mus16008-12. Juanita McGirt. 2014.
  • Mēkusapvlket Yicof Vpēyvkvrēs. mus16008-13. Juanita McGirt. 2014.

In 2016 Sarah Fredrick wrote an honors thesis about the hymns as we were working on the project. She provided musical transcription for 58 of the songs in her thesis:

Fredrick, Sarah, “Heleluyvn Yvhikares (“I Will Sing Hallelujah”): A Documentation of Muscogee-Seminole Hymns and Hymn-Singing Practice Within the Seminole and Muscogee (Creek) Nations of Oklahoma” (2016). College of William & Mary Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Paper 917. http://publish.wm.edu/honorstheses/917