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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



497 



Great difficulty was experienced in securing the song which was 

 sung by the ghost. Two Shields finally consented to record it, and 

 as compensation the writer gave him a valuable pipe, both the stem 

 and the bowl of which wore carved out of rod pipestona. 



No. 219. Song of a Ghost (Catalogue No. 542) 



Sung by Two Shields 

 Voice J= 108 

 Drum not recorded 



He-na - ke wa 



CO - ye 



he - na - ke wa 



6e - ye 



all 



ScqL 



^it 



4-i I i 



3 



zt:^ 



he- na - ke wa - ce - ye ce - ya 



o - ma - wa- ni ye 



m^^ 



w^^ 



l^=^c. 



it=t=iti=u 



Wf^ 



-r ^ ~y 



3 



ye ka-6ka-laij-ka wi - o-u-spa-pi caij i- yo-tan wa-ca-mni koij a 



=1: 



1 - yo-taij wa-ca-mni koij ce - ya o-ma-wa-ni 



ye yo 



he''nake finally 



wace^ye I weep 



ceya^ weeping 



oma^wani I roam 



kaska^lagka (among) young men 



wio'uspapi <5ag courting 



iyo''tag wada^mni koq (I was) most enthusiastic of all 



ceya^ weeping 



oma''wani I roam 



Analysis. — This song is minor in tonality, contains all the tones of 

 the octave, and has one accidental — the sixth raised a semitone. 

 This accidental was clearly given in all the renditions. The song is 

 melodic in structure and has a compass of .nine tones. With the 

 exception of tliree intervals of a fourth all the progressions are minor 

 thirds and major seconds. 



Songs in Honor of an Individual 



The following group of 12 songs illustrates the Sioux custom of 

 introducing a new name in a praise song which has been used for 

 other persons, and also of composing new words for songs. Three of 

 4840°— Bull. 61—18 32 



