DOWN THE LOGONE RIVER 



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run, as we were expected to do. Water-hog, boar, 

 gazelle, bush-cow, and lion abounded, and uncertainty 

 as to what we should find added greatly to the 

 excitement of the hunt. It needed real resolution 

 to quit their haunts and re-embark once more in 

 pursuit of our journey. 



The headman of the polers had brought his wife 

 with him, and she used to chant recitatives almost 

 by the hour together, supported at brief intervals by 

 a chorus from the polers. They were not songs, nor 

 was there much air, yet, though the effect was 

 repetition, each phrase varied in some tiny particu- 

 lar. I listened and puzzled over these ditties, but 

 they went fast, and there was no chance of hearing 

 the exact thing repeated, only something very like 

 it ; but rough though it is, I jotted down a few 

 notes, which at least give the general impression. 

 Perhaps the most striking part about them is their 

 very limited compass. 



Solo. 



refrain 



In ya velle bongor ta va ta to i ta va ta taa. ah ah ah eh. 



7 J- ■ 1 refrain 



solo refr ain solo ■' — 



ay a di ta di-ta ah, ah, ah, eh ay a di ta di ta ah, ah, ah, eh. 



Solo. Staccato and very quick. Chorus slower. 



m • • • • • • 4 



M:^:MzMzMzr.^m^T^: zj::^— Iz:;^!: 



. , , — f^^--j — I — '"^ — *— I 



Tarawa jetu jala ye - i ayali gia 



chorus chorus 



g^g^ 



chorus 



