My horse has a hoof of striped agate
His fetlock is like fine eagle plume.
His legs are like quick lightning.
My horse has a tail like a trailing black cloud.
His mane is made of short rainbows.
My horse’s eyes are made of big stars.

Adapted from a traditional Navajo Song

Text Authorship:

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Lori Laitman (b. 1955), "The War God’s Horse Song", 2005/2017 [ soprano and piano ], from River of horses, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-15
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