1310 KTHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL, [bth. anx. 35 



14. O my lord ! O my dear! My master! My dear! 



15. Oh, could I be the featherbed for you to He down on it, my dear! 



16. Oh, could I be the pillow, for your head to rest on, my dear! 



17. Good by! Now I am downcast! Now I weep for my love. 



Workingman's Song of the leleged of the Q!6mk'!ut!es for 



His First-born Son 



1. When I am a man, I shall be a hunter, O father! ya ha ha ha! 



2. When I am a man, I shall be a harpooneer, O father !ya ha ha ha ! 



3. When I am a man, I shall be a canoe-builder, O father! ya ha 



ha ha ! 



4. When I am a man, I shall be a board-maker, O father! ya. ha 



ha ha ! 



5. When I am a man, I shall be a workman, O father! ya ha ha ha! 



6. That there may be nothing of which you will be in want, O father ! 



ya ha ha ha ! 



14. AsEhEn adayaa asehEn g'iyaalxEn q lagwidealxEU g'lheyaya. 



15. LanahaxwaaonesLEn ts !ag-ilk-lnal qa kulsgEmeso'^sEn g'iheyaya. 



16. LanahaxwaaonesLEn qenolk'inal qa aya qeheltsEmaliitsosEn 



g-Iheyaya. 



17. Hala'k'asLElax'En la^msn xulsayawa, la^mEn q!waa'sayal qaEn 



laxulayaya. 



Workingman's Song of the leleged of the Q!6mk'!ut!es for 



His First-born Son 



1. Hants !enoqwi^lakwek' laqEn g-aq!ena^ye bEgwanEmts !eda das- 



Bom to be a hunter at my becoming a man, 



k!wa, ya ha ha ha. 



Father ya ha ha ha. 



2. Alewinoqwi^lakwek* laqEn g'aq!ena^ye bEgwanEmts leda dask!wa. 



Bom to be a spearsman at my becoming a man, Father. 



ya ha ha ha. 



ya ha ha ha. 



3. Leq!enoqwi^lakwek' laqEn g"aq!ena^ye bEgwanEmts !eda dask!wa, 



Born to he a canoe-builder at my becoming a man, Father, 



ya ha ha ha. 



ya ha ha lia. 



4. Latsiaenoqwi^lakwek' laqEn g-aq!ena«ye bEgwanEmts !eda das- 



Bom to be a board-splitter at my becoming a man, 



k!wa, ya ha ha ha. 



Father ya ha ha ha. 



5. EaqElaenoqwi^LEk' laqEn g-aq!ena^ye bEgwanEmts !eda dask!wa, 



Will be a worker at my becoming a man. Father, 



ya ha ha ha. 



ya ha ha ha. 



6. Qats k'!eatsetsos tsayakweyatsos 3'aqes ^nakwatsaos Sqeqs 



That you you will nothing need of all you 



dEsotsos dask!wa, ya ha ha ha. 



wanted by you. Father ya ha ha ha. 



