128 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL, 80 
No. 59. “ Why Did You Sleep?” (Catalogue No. 836) 
Recorded by BENSON 
VOICE d = 80 
DRUM d = 80 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 50 
(WORDS HIDATSA, NOT TRANSCRIBED ) 
(Free translation) 
maha Janwanesi ee eee no one expects to live long 
jOU TA OVE yi 15 (0) ek eee Rs vente 2 wine. >> are you asleep? 
MAaroOsha wakes ee I am tired out 
Analysis —This song has a compass of 14 tones and was sung with 
great vibrato. In structure it is harmonic, and in tone material it 
lacks the second and fourth tones of the octave. It is major in 
tonality but more than one-third of the intervals are minor thirds. 
The ascending minor sixth with which the song begins is unusual 
and is repeated in the lower octave. Like No. 58, the drum-rhythm is 
in a triple division, with an unaccented beat on (approximately) the 
third part of the triplet. 
