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11. Ye yaa ye ya, ha ! Does not this make sick your heart, my dear? 



12. Ye yaa ye ya ha! Friends, do not let us Usten any longer to 



love-songs that are sung by those far away ! 



13. Ye yaa ye ya ha ! Friends, it might be well if I took a new true- 



love, a dear one. 



14. Ye yaa ye ya ha! Friends, it might be well if I had a new one 



for whom to pine, a dear one. 



15. Ye yaa ye ya ha! I wish she would hear my love-song when 1 



cry to my new love, my dear one 1 



Love-song of the Dead, Heard on Shell Island 



1. You are hard-hearted against me, you are hard-hearted against 



me, my dear, ha ha ye ya ha ha ! 



2. You are cruel against me, you are cruel against me, my dear, 



ha ha ye ya ha ha ! 



11. Ye yaa ye ya ha. LE^mae ts!EX'ilahaelaxs nEwaqedzEwahaqosa- 



Ye yaa ye ya ha. For it is sick your heart 



he g'iyayahaha. 



my dear. 



12. Ye yaa ye ya ha. Gwahas ^ne^nEmohok" qahEns hoLelahaexaya 



Ye yaa ye ya ha. Stop friends that we listen to the 



sala^lalahaha laxa qwesala. 



lovc-song at far away. 



13. Ye yaa ye ya ha. Ex'dza ^ne^nEmohox" qoho heEm laxEn 



Ye yaa ye ya ha. It would friends if that I should 



be good 



aloLauEmaxEn k\a, laxulaxEn g'iya^ya. 



take a new true- love my dear. 



14. Ye yaa ye ya ha. Ex-dza ^ne^nEmox" qoho heEm lahaxEn 



Ye yaa ye ya ha. It would friends if that I should 



be good 



aloLauEmaxEn ala ts!EX'llaxEn g'iya^ya. 



take a new one real sickness my dear. 



15. Ye yaa ye ya ha. Ex-'Ein^nesLa hae aya wiiLElahak'as qEn 



Ye yaa ye ya ha. I wish she would hear 



q!wag"alElisexEn aloLanEmaxEn g'iya^ya. 



my love song (crying) for my newly obtained my dear. 



LOVE-SONQ OF THE DeAD, HeARD ON ShELL IsLAND 



1. Lams wayadeyahasg'as wayahadayEwahag'osahe hae g'iya^ya 



You are hard-hearted against me hard-hearted against me my dear 



ha ha ye ya ha ha. 



ha ha ye ya ha ha. 



2. Lams aladeyahasg"as alahadayEwahag'osahe hae g'iya^ya ha ha 



You are really cruel against me really cruel against me my dear ha ha 



ye ya ha ha. 



ye ya ha ha. 



