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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



357 



No. 142. "The Earth Only Endures" (Catalogue No. 617) 

 Sung by Used-as-a-Shield 

 Voice J ~ 63 

 Drum J ■ 63 

 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 



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Wi-Ca-h6a-la kii] he - ya 



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pe lo ma - ka kii] le - ce - la te - hai] yuq - ke - lo e - ha 



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pe . lo 



e - haq- ke - cor) wi - ca - ya - ka pe - lo 



wi6a'hcala kig the old men 



heya^ pelo^ say 



maka^ kig the earth 



lec'e'la only 



tehar)^ yugke^o endures 



eha'' pelo'' you spoke 



ehaq^kecog truly 



'wica'' yaka pelo' you are right 



Analysis. — This song contains the tones of the minor triad and 

 fourth, and the effect of minor tonahty is very strong, yet the major 

 and mhior thirds are almost equal in number, there being 16 major 

 and 15 minor thirds in the melody. The song is harmonic in struc- 

 ture, the accented tones followmg the intervals of the tonic chord. 



Not all who went on the warpath were impelled by love of war. 

 It is said that a young man once went because some one told him 

 that the girl he expected to marry was untrue to him. The report 

 4840°— Bull. 61—18 25 



