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No. 95. "Northward They Are Walking" (Catalogue No .663) 



Sung by Wakaij'-cika'na (Little Conjuror) 

 Voice J = 96 

 Drum J = 96 



Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 

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Wa - zi - ya - ta lei - ya ma - ni - pi wa - zi - ya 



wazi'yata ki''ya northward 



ma^nipi they are walking 



tugkag^ a sacred stone 



ica^litag ya they touch 



ma'nipi they are walking 



Analysis. — This song and the two following songs were recorded at 

 Sisseton among Sioux who belong to the Santee division of the tribe. 

 (See p." 512.) These tliree songs are characterized by the ascending 

 interval of a major third in the closing measures. In two instances 

 this is an ascent to the final tone, which is usually the lowest tone in 

 the song. Two of these songs are minor and one is major, but this 

 interval occurs in all.' The song under analysis is characterized by 

 the interval of the fourth, which forms about 28 per cent of the whole 

 number of intervals. Six renditions were recorded, which show no 

 differences. Between the repetitions of the song the drumbeat 

 changed to a tremolo, instead of being steadily maintained, as usual, 

 in the rhythm which accompanied the song. 



