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Voice J — 100 



BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 

 No. 63. "The Sound Comes Pleasingly" 



Sung by E^niwub^e 



[bull. 5o 



(Catalogue No. 423) 



( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



Ge - bi - o - dja- min - we - we gi - jig e ge - bi - moc 



ki - ne 



ci - yan 



gi - ]ig 



WORDS 



gebi'' odja'' nimewewe^ the sound comes pleasingly 



gi^ jig across the sky 



gebi^ mockine^ aciyan'' filling the air 



Analysis. — This is the dream song of a man who had a vision of the 

 thmiderbird. On hearmg thmider he took tobacco in his hand, and, 

 holding it toward the sky, said to the storm, "Go aromid that way," 

 tossing the tobacco in the direction he wished the storm to go and 

 singing this song. The three renditions recorded show no variation. 

 The melody contains the tones of the fourth five-toned scale and is 

 melodic in structure. 



