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MEDICINE SONGS 



821 



Kaf(C) Ny.ii, Badger Song 

 |By Sutatki] 



I 



Vanyi rssuka vanyunyui pimauiatcima; * tarsal vayon(d)onyu, 



I pitiable those suiigs not know; sun ' set, 



m'unyui piinatcivaiyanga. (Repeat; then repeat twice from*. Sing 



songs not know'sing. 



thus four times) 



II 



Tarsai yon(d)onyikon(d)a nyunyuwun(d)a, tarsai von(d)onyikon(d)a 



Sun sets "land, sun ' sel.s 



nyunyuwun(d)a; am miyun(d)an8a * kusukamaiiij-i tcokon(d)a 



land; there in tliere kiniiotgra}- owl 



nyinyivimu hanii vany wufiganyi nyongorsa-ali kohota itala 



came ndiiress there me around" " Tow hooting tliis 



nyimoinanga kayovaiya prihimu. (Repeat as above) 



my heart ' higher lifting. 



Ill 



Kan(d)onga nyiiAiun(d)a .siAapawany, konyufigu ainaka imuna 



There land sleeping, I there after going 



tanalingu kakavitci vavanlia, hayanyi ! Maman(d)a vamiiigi 



shiniUK narrow stretch, haya ! My young you 



rsalnganhi teomali kopanyu. (Repeat eight times) 



pitiable making dust. 



IV 

 Tarsaiiigamu kavai *kahova yon(d)ony tatania kukiwaku yaitco 



Sun there up there up there ' west " direction stand so'niethiug 



krwusi tununamu rsavikon(d)a hon(d)onyi tatafiia 



kind of shining gourd rattle west " direction 



(Repeat: then rojx'at twice from*. Sing all four 



nvani 



"tell 



tt'omr 



there 



Aukainakimu. 



sounding. 



times) 



Here am I iiiil'nrtiiiiate; 



Here am I uiifortimate, 

 Not fo know the snugs to sing; 



The song.i we sing at sunset. 



There came a (iray Owl at sunset, 

 There came a (iray Owl at sunset 



Hofiting softly around me, 



He brouglit terror to my heart. 



The lanil lay (|uietly sleeping; 



The land lay (juietly sleeping. 

 My young stretch, i-rying, haya! 



Pity them digging in the dust. 



You Sun out there in the We«t; 



You 8un out there in the West, 

 You now are talking to me. 



\o\x are sounding your gourd rattle. 



26 ETn— OS- 



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