NO. II MUSIC OF TULE INDIANS OF PANAMA — DENSMORE 2/ 



The transcription of this song extends from the beginning to the 

 end of the dictaphone cylinder and comprises more than loo mea- 

 sures, but omits the uninteresting portions of the melody. The song 

 opens with an introductory phrase similar to that in other Tule 

 songs. This is followed by a melody in what might be termed a 

 " descriptive form," somewhat resembling that of the song connected 

 with the gathering of medicinal herbs. The portion of the tran- 

 scription here presented begins with the slow measures which occur 

 between the two parts of the song. We note with interest the return 

 to a more rapid tempo, and the sixteenth notes followed by rests 

 occurring in the part of the song which mentions the attracting of 

 the turtle. 



NO. 5. SONG CONNECTED WITH CHARM FOR CATCHING TURTLES 



(B) J = 72 (/=.141) 



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etc. 



(A) I am going to shoot a little bird, 



Sarwiwisopi, that can tame the turtle. 



Now I bring it home and hide it, 



Then put it in a little clay stove until it burns to ashes; 



I am mixing the ashes with red medicine. 



From the juice of a certain tree I make this medicine; 



I am cutting a little round gourd in two, cutting off the top very neatly, 



