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to the Kii'ralius who taught me. Besides I had to promise liim that I 

 would not give the teachings awa}', but would hold tliem as ihey had 

 been held, teaching them only to those wlio would pay me. I give 

 these (incidental rituals) to you, so that they may be preserved and 

 kept with all the other songs that Ijelong to the llako. 



Long ago tliere lived a holy man who knew all the songs and the 

 rites of this ceremony, and to him came a vision wlierein he was taught 

 how to bring comfort to a little child when, during the cei-emony, it 

 cried and could not be i)acified. In this vision he was shown what he 

 must do to bring comfoi-t to the little child, and he heard the songs 

 that he must sing. The songs which he heard have been handed down 

 through many generations. 



When during the ceremony a child cries and can not be ccnnforted, 

 the mother, or some one sent b}' her, can approach the Ku'rahus who 

 carries the brown-eagle stem and ask him to come and quiet the child. 

 The Ku'rahus must comply with this request, so lie rises and stands 

 before the holj^ place, takes up tlie featliered stem and sings this song, 

 whicli tells tlie brown eagle, Kawas, that its baby is crying. 



All tlie people hear the song and know that help for the child is 

 being asked. 



FIRST SONG 



Wonlii and Music 

 M. M. J;=RO. 



• = riilsatioii of the voice. Transcribed hy Edwin S. Tracy. 

 No drum. 

 n-?rh-ir-f'——^—i:- — ~ mm l^^f" \,-„— — !- 





Ho-o-o-o-o! Ka - was to wha-ka ra-tsa we, Ka - was to uhakara-tsa we. 



A A A 



Rattles, f tr.,.^ ° If.^^^ . ^^^^^ f tr.^ 



1302 Ho-o-o-o-o! 



1803 Kawas to whaka ratsa we, 



1304 Kawas to wliaka ratsa we, 



LSOo All heru. whaka nxt.sa we. 



131 Hi Kawas to whaka ratsa we. 



Translation 



1302 Ho-o-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



1303 Kawas to whaka ratsa we. 



Kawas, the bi-own eagle, representing the feminiiu' ])i'iucipie. 



to, its, denoting ownership of the child that is crying. 



whaka, voice, noi.se from the mouth. 



ratsa, a high i^itch, screaming. 



we, personal ])ronoun; I'efers to tlie child. 



