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interest to the rhythm of the song as a whole. The metric unit of 

 voice and drum is the same, the voice slightly preceding the drum. 



The following song was sometimes sung by a leader and was also 

 used by oc'kabe'wis and by scouts (see No. 82). This is a dream 

 song and Avas always sung by men who were alone, never at the dances. 



No. 19. "I will go to the South" 



Suug by Udjib'we 



(Catalogue No. 333.) 



Voice Jz^112 

 Drum J= 112 

 ( See drum-rhythm below ) 



r 



Nin-ga - dl - ja ca - w<in - ong nin-ga - di 



ca - wtin- 



nin-ga - di 



ja 



ca - wtin - ong nin-ga - di 



..^ r 



-•- ^ ^ 



^s^siiSii^^i^^i^^^p 



ja ca - wiin-ofig a 



I 



nin-ea-bi - don ca-wfm - i - no - din 



^e 



I — -^ 



¥EEEEte=^S: 



i?^: 



't—^ 



iS^ 



-• — •- 



it~s 



::^-=X 



^— •- 



.± 



• US'- 



I 



c nin-ga-di-ja ca-wun-ong nin-ga - di ca - w(in-ong e 



Drum-rhythm 



I^VlqZZ:^ ^^_q_Z|^ZI=pr:q ^— I^ZqZZlfiZ^ etc. 



nin''gadija' I will go 



ca VHnong'' to the south 



nin^gabidon^ I will bring 



ca'wuninoMin the south wind 



Analysis. — This song was recorded twice, an interval of two weeks 

 elapsing between the making of the two records. On the first occa- 

 sion the singer sang the song twice, and, after pausing to explain the 

 words, again sang it twice. On the second occasion also he sang the 

 song twice. Thus six renditions were secured, in groups of two. On 



