302 



Voice J= 104 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bitll. ei 



No. 111. "Prancing They Come" (Catalogue No. 537) 

 Sung by Two Shields 



Drum 



104 



Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 



0) 



(1) 



^ A 



fc^ 



-4=^ 



t=- 



.fL J^ 



=t 



m& 



:2=^ 



i^iS: 



^ 



He - na wa - ci 



a - u we 



he - ua wa - ci 



a - u we 



suij - ka -wa-kaij o - ya - te waq he - na wa - ci 



0) (2) 



a - u we 



MsS 



jft ^^_jt_ 



^— •— •- 



^ 



: fe.l— ^^^ 



he - na wa - ci a - u we ho - tog a - u we - lo he 



lie^na - . - see them 



wa6i' prancing 



aii' we : they come 



hotoq^ neighing (see p. 180, footnote) 



aii^ wek/ they come 



^ug^kawakaij oya^te wag a Horse nation (see p. 162, footnote) 



he'na see them 



wadi^ prancing 



aii^ we they come 



hotog^ neighing 



aii^ weV they come 



Analysis. — This is a peculiarly rhytlimic melody, which was sung 

 four times. Drum and voice have the same metric unit, but the drum- 

 beat follows the voice. The song is strongly harmonic in feehng, but 

 the accented E classifies the structure of the song as melodic with 

 harmonic framework. . The compass of the song is an octave, and 

 the trend of the melody is steadily^ downward. The melody is very 

 bright and lively, yet more than half the intervals are minor thirds. 

 See plot of this melody on page 419. 



