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song was recorded at White Earth (see Bulletin 45. p. 143), the two 

 records being identical except that the former record includes the shrill 

 falsetto cry given by the women. The structure of the melody is 

 interesting. In the first six measures the rhythmic unit is repeated 

 with regularity and the first note of that unit (which is also the first 

 note of the measure) follows the descending intervals of the fourth 

 five-toned scale. The remainder of the song is harmonic in outhne, 

 comprising first the chord on the sixth and then the tliird D sharp- 

 F sharp, suggesting the chord of B major. Attention is directed to 

 the interesting rhythm of the part of the song containing the words. 



No. 166. "I Carry It Away" (Catalogue No. 316) 



Sung by Gegwe'djibi'tun ("sitting near it") 



VoicK J "100 

 Drum J =100 

 ( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 2) 



Nin-d a-ma-dj i-don 



+ / 



uin^dama^djidon^ . 



WORDS 



I carry it away 



Analysis. — This is a song of the ca'wuno'ga (southern dance) 

 (see p. 129). The song was recorded on the White Earth Reservation 

 also and the records were found to be identical. The rhythmic unit 

 is not continuous but gives character to the song. The melody tones 

 are those of the fourth five-toned scale and the effect of the song is 

 that usually associated with this scale. Faulty mtonation on the in- 

 terval of the second is noted also in Nos. 54, 55, 61, 64. 100, 145, 166. 



