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No. 156. "May I Be There" (Catalogue No. 623) 



Sung by One Feather 



Voice 



63 



Drum not recorded 



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Ko - la - pi - la ta-ku ya - ku 



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pi kiq-haq ko -la he - ma 



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nui] - we 



kola^pila friends 



ta^ku yaku'wapi kiijhaq'' whenever you pursue anything (see p. 349, 



footnote 2) 



kola' friend 



hema'tu nuqwe' may I be there 



Analysis. — This melody has a compass of an octave and contains 

 all the tones of the octave except the sixth and seventh. The pro- 

 gression is principally by whole tones, about 60 per cent of the inter- 

 vals being major seconds. A change of time occurs with the intro- 

 duction of the words. (See song No. 5.) The song is rhythmic 

 throughout, but the rhythmic unit is found only in the first part of 

 the melody. 



The following song refers to the fire which a war party sometimes 

 kindled on the prairie as a signal of defiance to the enemy: 



