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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull, ei 



No. 50. Song of the Crow and Owl (Catalogue No. 473) 



Sung by ISlYA^KA 



Voice J = 69 

 Drum not recorded 



haq-ye - tu ma - wa-ni ta - to he - ya 



ma - wa - ni nur) 



haij-ye-tu ma-wa - wa - ni hii) - 



f53g 



a 



Hi=P= 



S: 



B 



1 -4-^ 



har) loa ho - toq-liaij ma-wa - ni uuq - we he 



{First rendition) 



haqye'tu at night 



mawa^ni nug we^ may I roam 



tato' heya' against the winds 



mawa^ni nugwe^ may I roam 



haqye^tu at night 



mawa^ni (may) I roam 



hiqhag' (when) the owl 



ho'toqhar) (is) hooting (see p. 180, footnote) 



mawa^ni nuij we^ may I roam 



(Second rendition) 



ai]''pao at dawn 



mawa'ni nugwe^ may I roam 



tato^ heya^ against the winds 



mawa'ni nur) we^ may I roam 



ag'pao at dawn 



mawa'ni (may) I roam 



kaqgi^ (when) the crow 



ho'toijhaij (is) calling 



mawa'ni nugwe^ may I roam 



Analysis. — This melody contains only three intervals larger than 

 a minor third, about half the intervals being major seconds. It is 

 minor in tonality and lacks the sixth and second tones of the com- 



