Songs of the Copper Eskimos 141 



No. 31. Record IV. C. 70b 



Ab major tonality 

 Phrases Measures Beats 



fA / a ai b 3 10 



3 n 



V. 1. 



Refrain C j d e a^ a^ 4 13 



The song is here interrupted by talking. 



Conn. 



n 2 



(the connective is merely resumed. Its repetition is not intentional as part 

 of the song) 



4 Hi 



? ? 



2 3 



Almost nothing could be done in the way of an analysis of this song. After 

 the first verse the interruption by talking caused the repetition of the connective. 

 In the second verse a fault in the record prevented getting much of the second 

 phrase and of the third, for according to the text there seems to have been 

 enough for three phrases. A shift in pitch, probably due to all the difficulties 

 encountered, causes the last of the song to be half a step higher than the first 

 part, and the refrain is dropped at the third measure. There is enough material 

 however, to show that the customary plan is probably followed fairly closely. 

 The song begins on the last beat of the measure, the fifth degree of the scale, 

 and if the first refrain is to be taken as a guide, it would end on the same tone. 

 Compare this with No. 56. 



