172 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL, 80 
wedo’likadepe’na........----- lay a big, fat 
hu’hamak ni’kasi.......---.- young buffalo calf 
dé*ptasedo eGo. sn sen acc tae with a soft belly-button 
MA Nason oe rt Se eee walking 
wo daskisia .) 2) .Oif2) GOsieoe crumbling sticks 
gokaet[. 2. Sosebene Se cee crab shells 
wenahpapa,: fos sep eae ok have a dance 
ISTE, sce tie eee een nae ae he 
ka’dahunkten.c-.- 45-5 knocked his eye out 
Analysis.—The several renditions of this song were alike in rhythm 
but wavering in intonation. It has been noted frequently that the 
rhythm of a song is repeated with more accuracy than the intervals 
if the singer is not proficient. In this instance the singer was an aged 
man who had never been considered a particularly good singer, but 
who knew the old songs of his tribe. Minor thirds comprise 19 of 
the 34 intervals. Only two intervals larger than these occur in the 
song, which has a compass of only six tones. It is interesting to 
note that the accented tone in the first five and in the last four 
measures is D, while the intervening measures show an alternation of 
accented D and E. 
The native words of this song to a little child were recorded and 
are freely transcribed as follows: “‘I want to keep you, little fox,’ 
she said. The little fox said, ‘It is not right that you want to keep 
me.’ She said, ‘ You are my little baby.’” As an interesting com- 
parison with this song we note another song which is not transcribed 
but contains the words (freely translated) : “ Fox, cut your foot, keep 
on lifting one after another.” The word translated “cut” means 
“to chop or cut with a blow,” and the song, which was sung to litle 
children, may have been intended to encourage the child in the use of 
its feet. 
No. 104. Song to a Little Child (Catalogue No. 901) 
Recorded by LEADING ONE 
“VOICE d - 69 
Drum not recorded 
Analysis —The first portion of this song comprises three complete 
measures and is broken by a rest. This portion is somewhat lively 
