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[BULL. 53 



No. 112. Song of an Ambitious Motlier 



Sung by Mrs. Gauthiek ' 



(Catalogue No. 445) 



Voice J= 176 

 Recorded without drum 



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Nin nun - do 



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ma - ge - ndn nin nun - do 



da - ma 



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ge - nftu Bu - gac o - da - nfin nin - gi - tcT 



1 - nin - a - kik 



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tcl nin - a - kik 



gi - we - n(in 



""^ il am asking for 



nundo'damage^nun J 



Bugac^ Buga(/'s 



oda^nun daughter 



ningitcl^ my big 



inin'akik - brass kettle 



ogimi^giwe^nun he is giving 



The singer stated that this song was a memory of her earliest child- 

 hood, when she heard her mother sing it. A brass kettle is said to 

 have been one of the first manufactured articles secured by tlie Chip- 

 pewa and was a highly valued possession. The words of the song 

 suggest that the woman singer is bestowing her own property, yet 

 the last line indicates that in doing so she is representing her son. 



Analysis. — This song begins and ends on the same tone, a peculi- 

 arity found in only 11 songs of the series of 340, namely, Nos. 132, 

 142, 149, 150, 170, 174, 197 in Bulletm 45 and Nos. 53, 112, 125, 127 

 of the present work. No. 127 being a duplicate of No. 149 in Bulletin 

 45. All these songs begin and end on the tonic. This is one of the 

 comparatively few songs composed by women (see Nos. 31, 39, 40, 

 127, 151, 177, 178). The last measure of the rhythmic unit varies 

 slightly in its repetitions, a measure being added in the second occur- 

 rence of the unit. A peculiarity of this song is that it contains only 



1 Mrs. Benjamin Gauthier (see pi. 30), who sang this song, is known also by her Chippewa name 

 Bl'tawagi'jlgo'kwe ("double sky woman"). She is a granddaughter of Ginlc'tano ("wind-boimd"), who 

 was chief of the M^'nltowlc' and Bimidjig'amag bands of Wisconsin Chippewa, and who several tim^ 

 visited Washington with tribal di^legations. Mrs. Gauthier is a progressive member of the Lac du Flam- 

 beau village, but retains her interest in tribal traditions and customs. 



2 Said to be a compound of the words inVnl ("man") and iva'bV: ("metal"), the large brass kettles 

 obtained from the traders in the early days being called "man-kettles." 



