650 THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



The form of both old and new songs is very strict, they being 

 divided into verses of different length, alternating regularly. I give 

 here some examples: 



ARLUM PissiNGA (the killer's song). 

 Moilerato. 



I ^j 7\j /|j-r3|j-i7T]|j j'lrTilJ-lfj .M 



Oiaa-ga-lo tai - to-,r-iluii-ga qo-la-ra-lo tai - to - .-valuii - ga Qiau- ga - 



J /|J-|.n-3|j /|J-|J J;\J^\J-\m\J j1 



-lo - ga - lo qo-la-ra-lo - ga - lo ai - si - nai - i - si se-ni-le - a - ra - 

 - luqdjua-ra ma-lik-si-aq - tit - aq - tu - go u- va-na-le - u - nen au-dla - 



-tsia-pi - a - ta kingodni-dlaq-djua- gung qangatir - gakulvmg uai-ju-va - ra. 



I. The killer's song: II. Summer song — Continued. 



(1) Qiangalo taito^alunga, (2) Ajaja adlenaipa 



Qolaralo taito;falunga Adlenaitariva sUekdjua una tek- 



Qiangalogalo torotikelektlune. 



Qolarologalo Ajaja, Ajaja. 



Aisinaisi.' Aja! 



(3) Senilearaluqdjuara (3) Ajaja nipituovokpan! 



Maliksiaqtuaqtugo. Nipituovokpan kouvndlalinicikoa 



Uvanaleunen nunatine aujadle 



Audlatsiapiata Ajaja, Ajaja 



Kingodnidlaqdjuagung Aja! 



(3) Qangatirgakulunguaijuvara. &c. 

 II. Summer song: 



Aja. III. Utitiaq's song: 



(1) Ajaja adlenaipa. Aja! 



Adlenaitariva silekdjua una au- (1) Adlenaipunganema adlenait. 



jaratarame Adlenaipunganema 



Ajaja, Ajaja! Adlenaipunganema adlenait, 



Aja! Aja! 



' The stanza is scanned thus: 



