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BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 53 



No. 173. "Why?" 



Sung by OdjIb^we 



Voice J =192 



Drum J = 96 



( Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 ) 



(Catalogue No. 282) 



tS^ u^f f f 



-(Z-' -fZ.' 



-^ 



-^ . -^ #- -^ 



EEzSpz 



^ 



We - go - nen nin - dan - gwe 



1^^ 



Ijt. ^. ^ 



=1 



wen - dji - ni - mi - ydng 



.ft- ^^ ^, ^ 



s 



ga 



wen - dji - ni - mi-yfing ga wen - dji - ni - mi-yung 



wegonen' why 



nindan'gwe my (female) friend 



wen'djini'miyufig^ do we dance? 



Analysis. — SLx renditions of this song were recorded. In a major- 

 ity of these the last tone of the transcription was omitted, the singer 

 returning to the first measure with no interruption of the time (see 

 No. 125). It will be noted that the next to the last measure of the 

 song is abrupt and unfinished, but the singer found no difficulty in 

 beginning the repetition of the song on the proper pitch. The song 

 is characterized by the emphatic syllable ga, given with a prolonged 

 tone on the descending intervals of the tonic triad. 



