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BUBEAU OF AMEBICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 53 



(Catalogue No. 430) 



Voice J — 92 

 Recorded without drum 



No. 107. "You Desire Vainly" 



Sung by Mec^kawiga^bau 



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gi-da-ga- wa - dan dji-ml - sfi-wi-no- nan 



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a - ni - ca 



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ba-on-dji - i - ka 



yan 



gi^daga^wadaiV you desire vainly 



dji'misuwi^nonan^ that I seek you 



arnica' the reason is 



gici^me I come 



baon^djikayan^ to see your younger sister 



Analysis. — The three recorded renditions of this song differ only in 

 the length of the prolonged tone in the fifth and sixth measures, one 

 rendition giving this tone the value of four instead of five quarter 

 notes. The rhythm of the song is smooth and flowing, the irregular 

 divisions blending in an effective whole. The song is distmctly 

 minor in tonality and freely melodic in structure. 



