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  THE 
  QUEST 
  OF 
  FOOD 
  

  

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  The 
  music 
  of 
  this 
  song 
  is 
  spirited 
  and 
  suggests 
  movement, 
  not 
  

   merely 
  the 
  moving 
  of 
  the 
  lowing 
  herds 
  but 
  the 
  orderly 
  progression 
  of 
  

   the 
  people 
  going 
  over 
  the 
  prairies 
  to 
  bring 
  back 
  tlie 
  spoils 
  of 
  the 
  hunt- 
  

   ing 
  field. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  five-tone 
  scale 
  of 
  F 
  minor, 
  and 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  

   seven 
  phrases. 
  

  

  Third 
  Song 
  — 
  The 
  Herds 
  Retreat 
  

  

  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

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  de 
  a 
  - 
  ki 
  

  

  a 
  - 
  ma 
  di 
  bthe 
  na 
  he 
  he 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  shu 
  

  

  de 
  a 
  - 
  ki 
  

  

  ma 
  di 
  bthe 
  na 
  he 
  he 
  the 
  lie 
  tha 
  shu 
  

  

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  a- 
  ki 
  a- 
  ma 
  di 
  bthe 
  na 
  he 
  he 
  the 
  lie 
  

  

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  tha 
  

  

  He 
  

  

  he 
  he 
  bthe-na 
  

  

  he 
  he 
  the 
  he 
  na 
  shu 
  -de 
  a 
  - 
  ki 
  a 
  - 
  ma 
  di 
  bthe 
  na 
  

  

  

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  he 
  he 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  Shu 
  de 
  a 
  - 
  ki 
  a 
  - 
  ma 
  di 
  the 
  tha 
  

  

  Shu'de 
  aki 
  ama 
  'di 
  bthe 
  na, 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

   Shu'de 
  aki 
  ama 
  'di 
  bthe 
  na, 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

   Shu'de 
  aki 
  ama 
  'di 
  bthe 
  na, 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

   Hehe 
  he 
  bthe 
  na, 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  na 
  

   Shu'de 
  aki 
  ama 
  'di 
  bthe 
  na, 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

   Shu'de 
  aki 
  ama 
  'di 
  bthe 
  na, 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  Shu'de, 
  smoke; 
  aki, 
  retreating; 
  ama, 
  they; 
  'di, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  edi, 
  there; 
  

   hthe, 
  I 
  go; 
  na, 
  a 
  vocable 
  introduced 
  to 
  accommodate 
  the 
  music; 
  hehe, 
  

   eltc, 
  I 
  say; 
  the 
  and 
  he, 
  vowel 
  prolongations; 
  tha, 
  the 
  oratorical 
  termina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  sentence. 
  "Where 
  yonder 
  retreating 
  herds 
  enveloped 
  as 
  

   in 
  smoke, 
  there 
  I 
  go." 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  recounts 
  the 
  vicissitudes 
  of 
  the 
  hunt; 
  herds 
  sometimes 
  

   scent 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  scatter; 
  they 
  are 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  distance, 
  the 
  dust 
  

   raised 
  by 
  their 
  trampling 
  rising 
  and 
  covering 
  them 
  as 
  if 
  enveloped 
  

   in 
  smoke. 
  

  

  The 
  music, 
  in 
  B 
  flat 
  major, 
  is 
  rather 
  rapid 
  and 
  partakes 
  of 
  the 
  

   recitative 
  character. 
  

  

  