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(S.^ h.is'äs'uaq inindnit aniÅ'erqa-^q 



the big wheat-ear from its uest comes quickly out 



• cf. no. 13 (7;.), no. 59 (Ifi.), no. 70 (Oi)nit.), no. 103 {Arq.). 



From Jakobshavn in Disko Bay 1 have several variants of 

 this song: 



a. When the wheat- ear came out of its nest, it said: i'Jas katuis 

 i'jas katuis si't tartata take me to husband. Why do you lament 

 your husband? him the striding one (pisuk-a'q), the big striding one 

 who sniffs after worms between the bushes. — You I do not want, 

 because you have too high a forehead, have long feathers and are 

 short-necked. — He (or she?) is a master at speaking, is given to 

 jesting speech, he was the one that began to speak. 



b. Conversation between a wheatear and a snow-bird. 



When the wheatear came out of its nest, it said : take me. — 

 Oh, you I will not take, since you have too high a forehead and 

 too big feathers. Ah, my children are not dirty and I am industri- 

 ous at seAving. — The wheat-ear: take me, your children are dirty 

 and you are not industrious at sewing! — The wheat-ear is a 

 master at speaking, he is given to jesting speech. 



b. Old Drum -songs from 1 ÅÅorsuit. 



9.^ (fjifia a'jiria а-]ща" kat'dTi-aja- 



he over yonder | he over yonder | he loses it- j 



' cf, no. G2 (QarJ.) no. 51 ilti.) ^ seil, the drum. 



10. * malüTiUis'uUirsuk q^umaTi^a- 

 one that lays his head all the way back (strutting) | one that sits 



sukirsuk qernertuhvarsuaq hiv-JiSi"\ 



quite crouching (hunchbacked) the big one which is quite black | 



• cf. no. 74 {Omnt.). 



11. id' mdira arfiil.erjnira 



this one (or now ?) I am beginning to lose ray power over it ^ | 



