120 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 80 
No. 50. “I Want to Live” (Catalogue No. 887) 
Recorded by PAN 
VOICE ge 63 
.DRUM d = 63 
See drum-rhythm below 
hi-do ma-re-ta-wits 
Drum-rhythm (approximate) 
Chae << Suis > 
SDS DST DAD 
> > > = 
WORDS (HIDATSA) 
iC ner, corres te eae ae Fox band 
OE SSE pet Casta Ot eee eat oe O 
mi’ idima Tuk2 ese I want to live 
BONG Si Pike? Reus ee crew oe Bs that 
TESTA Sy hs Rp Paps hereto is bad 
hivdoe ts eee ee ae a es, from here 
MMS aval he aS IT will not depart 
Analysis —As in other records by this singer, the intonation is 
variable, but the rhythmic unit is given clearly in each of the three 
In one instance the final syllable of this word was omitted by the singer. 
