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CHIPPEMM MUSIC 



No. 47 



73 



(Catalogue no. 38) 



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(Addressed to a sick person whose infirmity makes it impossible for him to walk) 



[Free translation] 



You will recover; you will walk again. 

 It is I who say it; my power is great 

 Through our white shell I will enable 

 you to walk again 



Ani'yankiin^ . 



Nin^na 



Man^dan 



Bimose'hinan 

 Gibinan^ .... 



No. 48 



Song picture no. 47. 

 The lines on the 

 man's liml)s indi- 

 cate the"strength" 

 which he is to re- 

 ceive through the 

 MIde', enabling 

 him to walk. (Com- 

 pare drawing of 

 song no. 19, in 

 which the straight 

 lines are on the 

 body, the desired 

 strength here be- 

 ing of a more gen- 

 eral nature.) 



(Catalogue no. 39) 



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WORDS 



T ". /"","'"'/ r Do not speak ill of the Mide^ 



Inota' waken' | 



Nikan' My Mide' brethren 



^ ,' y I [Be sure to heed my words 



SONG PICTURE NO. 48. Inota^uiscm ) 



In this as in no. 49 Nikan' My Mide' brethren 



wavy lines are used 

 to represent speech . 



Analysis. — The descending minor third is the principal interval in 

 this song. The tonality is major and the melody follows the tones 

 of the major triad, the sixth being added in the latter portion of the 

 song. In common musical terms the song would be said to be in 

 the key of F, yet the tonic does not appear until the middle of the 

 song. Comparison will show this to be a marked pecuharity of 

 Chippewa songs. The progression F-D-F does not occur frequently 

 in the songs analyzed. 



