136 BUREAU ‘OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 80 
No. 67. Dog Society Serenade (b) (Catalogue No. 857) 
Recorded by Hoitpinec EAGLE 
VOICE d = 88 
DRUM @ - 88 
Drum-rhythm similar to No.32 
WORDS 
ma“doha, witsios = 22 ssa I have about given up, 
fera’\ingarnttal ee eee s my dear heart 
Analysis——In this song, as in No. 66, the fourth and seventh are 
repeatedly sharped. Both songs are minor in tonality. The ascent 
of a semitone to the final tone is somewhat unusual. The rhythmic 
structure of this song comprises four periods, the second and fourth 
of which are longer than the others. The rhythmic units overlap in 
the fourth measure, but these irregularities give character and interest 
to the rhythm of the song as a whole. Twenty-five per cent of the 
intervals are fourths, an unusually large proportion in a song of 
this character. Six renditions were recorded, some of which were 
consecutive and others separated by shrill yells or spoken words. 
Such interpolations often occur between the renditions of songs 
which may be characterized as a “free expression.” Observation of 
these transcriptions will show that in many instances the repetitions 
were without a break in the time. In other instances the repetitions 
were separated by a short pause. A prolonging of the final tone was 
less frequent among these tribes than among others studied by the 
writer. The definiteness of the final tone is indicated by the large 
number of songs in which the final tone occurs on the unaccented 
portion of the measure. (See analysis of No. 12.) 
88 Sera’ is a term of endearment which has no exact English equivalent. 
