DENSMORE] MANDAN AND HIDATSA MUSIC 57 
The words of this song are freely translated as follows: “A Dog 
Society man went north to war and was killed there. I am sad every 
day because I did not see him coming back. My sweetheart, if I 
could go to you just as I am, I would go.” 
No. 15. “My Heart Aches Every Day” 
(Catalogue No. 878) 
Recorded by OTTER WOMAN 
VOICE d = 56 
Drum not recorded 
Analysis——This song contains all the tones of the octave except 
the sixth and seventh, but the only accented tones are those of the 
major triad. The range is from the dominant above the tonic to the 
dominant in the lower octave. The song progresses by intervals con- 
taining two, three, or four semitones, the only interval other than 
these being the descending fourth at the close of the song. 
Otter Woman said that she learned the next two songs from Black 
Tongue, her father. It was said that her father sang No. 16 in the 
varden, and that “it was sung even before his time.” It is interest- 
ing to note that the intervals are larger in these two songs than in 
the preceding garden songs (Nos. 11-15), which were composed and 
sung by women. 
