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songs under analysis. The interval of the fom'th is prominent in the 

 framework of this melody (see No. 22), the descending intervals D 

 flat-A fiat, A fiat-E flat being snnilar to the intervals C sharp-G 

 sharp, G sharp-D sharp in the preceding melody, yet this song is in 

 the key of A flat and the preceding song is in the key of B, and the 

 characteristics of the two melodies are entirely difi^erent. (See Nos. 

 105, 106.) This song contains no rhythmic unit, but the treatment 

 of its opening phrase is worthy of observation. It will be noted that 

 the plirase contained in the first and second measures is repeated in 

 the fifth measure and in the first part of the sixth measure, with a 

 change of accent. (See Nos. 90, 94, 103, 108, 109.) The same phrase 

 occurs with other changes in the third and fourth measures. 



Similar to the preceding are two songs by another singer. The 

 narrative concerning the first song is as follows: 



Long ago an old man made a feast and invited all the men and women. He did not 

 tell them why they were asked; he only said there would be a dance. When they were 

 all assembled the old man who had asked them sang this song, which had come to him 

 in a dream, and another old man led the dance, acting like a deer. The men followed 

 him, acting like the buck deer and the women acted like the doe. In old times the 

 hunters had a dance like this in the evening and went out to hunt the deer the next 

 morning.^ 



No. 97. Song of the Deer Dancing (Catalogue No. 433) 



Sung by Mec^kawiga'bau 

 Voice J— 104 

 Drum J - 112 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



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WORDS 



ai-ya - be 



ti''biwenda^banogwen^ whence does he dawn ? ^ 



aiya'be the buck? 



Analysis. — The rhythm of this song is somewhat expressive of the 

 dance and its pantomime. The interval of the fourth is prominent, 

 as in many songs concerning animals. (See No. 22.) 



1 Compare the dance of the warriors before a fight, imitating the action of the buffalo (p. 101); also the 

 imitation of the plover, in the pipe dance (p. 295). 



2 This is an idiomatic phrase in common use among the Cliippewa. It is not unlike the expression, 

 "Where did he spring from? " 



