boas] songs 1315 



Song of Parents Who Want to Wake up their Son 



Don't sleep! for your paddle fell into the water, and ycur spear. 

 Don't sleep ! for the ravens and crows are flying about. 



Song of Parents Who Want to Wake up their Daughter 



Don't sleep too much! Your digging-stick fell into the water, and 

 your basket. Wake up! It is nearly low water. You will be 

 late down on the beach. 



1. Wag'il la gwalalaLEx LOLaElgames g'ig'ig§,mes lelqwalaLe qEn 



la^wiinEmL qaxg'in he^mek" g'ag'Exel qEn g'ig"aqIlexEn 

 la^wunsmLa Logwa adatsaxg'in waots!aasEk", ha ha aya 

 ha ha aya. 



2. Wa5ts!aasEni,axg'in g'axek' qa^s gEnEmos LoLaElgames g"ig"iga- 



mes lelqwalaLe L!aqwag"in k!wadzalilts6k" q!enEmg'a k'!e- 

 k"!Es^6 Logwa LeLEgEmk' qa lay5ltsg'a adatsa laxEn la^wu- 

 nEniLa, ha ha aya ha ha aya. 



3. Qaxs la^mek" gwalg'a yipeg'as ada qEn wQseg'anoL qEnLo lalox- 



sIlaLEx lel6quli}ElxLeLasg"a adatsak" laxEn la^wunEmLa qo 

 wawadzELEs q!enEnaLa hemaomasox adatsax laxEn la^wu- 

 nEmLa, ha ha aya ha ha aya. 



Song of Parents Who Want to Wake up their Son 

 ^ya gwalyats meqax ya^me tsextses tsewayok^daots dzE^wets 



Oh do not sleep now it fell into your paddle and your 



the water 



mastox'daots. ^ya gwalyats meqax yaEmk' ^nakwa bsLEme^staya- 



harpoon. Oh do not sleep now all are flying 



qeda gwa^winaq dzE^wa tsaqEyagak'. 



ravens and crows. 



The preceding is sung in the pronunciation of children. The reg- 

 ular form would be as follows: 



^ya gwallas mexax, la^me texstes se^wayox"da6s LE^wis mastox"- 

 daos. ^ya gwallas mexax, laEmk" ^naxwa p !ELEme^stalaxa gwa«- 

 winak' LE^wa k'axElagak'. 



Song of Parents Who Want to Wake up their Daughter 



^ya, gwalyats XEntsEya meqax, ya^me tsextses ts!Eyak"daots dzE- 



Oh do not too much sleep, now it fell into your digging stick ' and 



the water 



^wets yEqEyak"da6ts. ^ya, ts!Ets!edadzadza, ya^moq ayaq wQydza- 



your basket. Oh wake up now nearly it stopped 



yitsa x"its!aqEyaq aLats aLEnts!etsots. 



ebb-tide else you will be late on the beach. 



The preceding is smig m the pronunciation of children. The reg- 

 ular form would be as follows : 



^ya, gwallas xEULEla mexax la^me texstes k' lilax'daos LE^wis 1e- 

 xElax'daos. ^ya, tslEX'^idadzaqa la^mox Elaq wulg'alisa x'ats!axE- 

 ax aLas alEnts!esoL. 



