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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 61 



No. 160, "Owls Hoot At Me" (Catalogue No. 627) 



Sung by One Feather 



Voice J =96 

 Druji not recorded 



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Hiq-har) a - ma ho - toq po hiq-hai) a - ma 





ho-toq po 



he -ca na - hoq wa- oij we - lo 



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words' 



(First rendition) 



hiijhag' owls 



ama'' hotor)' po hoot at me (see p. 180, footnote) 



hiijhag' owls 



ama'' hotog' po hoot at me 



hc'ca that is what 



nalioi)' waoi)' welc I hear in my life 



(Second rendition) 



^uq'ka wolves 



ama' hopiyo howl at me 



guD'ka wolves 



ama** hopiye howl at me 



heV-a that is what 



nalioq' waoq' welo :..... I hear in my life 



Analysis. — This melody progresses chiefly by whole tones, '62 per 

 cent of the int(n-vals being major seconds. Tlie minor third is also 

 prominent, constituting about 22 per cent of tiie intervals. The song 



' The idea of the song is, "owls may hoot and wolves howl at me. To these I am accustomed in all 

 my life." 



