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CHIPPEWA MUSIC II 



115 



(Catalogue No. 336) 



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No. 34. "The Sioux Women Gather Up their Wounded" 



Sung by Odjib'we 



Voice J— 100 

 Drom Jr= 108 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 3 ) 



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-ma-mi-kweg o ya ne pa-ba - ma-de - mo-wG^ 



o-na-dji 



de - mu - wflg e 



Oma'mikweg'' the Sioux women 



paba'made^mowug' pass to and fro wailing 



ona^djida^bamawun^ as they gather up 



o'dinini^miwun their wounded men 



ani''mude''muwug'' the voice of their weeping comes back to 



us 



Analysis. — Six renditions of this song were recorded, the transcrip- 

 tion being from the third rendition. The rhythm and the melody 

 tones are the same in aU the renditions but the words vary slightly, 

 affecting the length of the tones; for instance; the word meaning 

 ''village" is used in one rendition and the order of the words is some- 

 times changed. The tonality is minor but, as in many similar songs, 

 the tonic does not appear in the opening measures. (See analysis 

 of No. 9, also of Nos. 1, 83, 94, 120.) This song contains a short 

 rhythmic unit which is repeated without variation except for the 

 addition of a quarter note after the second occurrence of the unit. 

 The closing measures are in a different rhythm (see Nos. 4, 5, 19, 3.3) 

 and the rhythm of the song has a well-defined individualit}^ The 

 interval of the fourth is especially prominent. (See analysis of 

 No. 22.) 



On their homeward journey the Chippewa composed another song. 

 Remembering the tread of the pursuing enemy, they sang of war as a 

 game with the bodies of the dead as its score. 



