Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



. 215 



Refrain 



Measures Beats 

 3 6 



3 8 



There is an air of finality about the last measure as it is sung on the record 

 which leads to the belief that the song was intended to end at this point although 

 according to the other verses there should be two more measures. The end in 

 either case ascends to a level, above and below which the melody travels. The 

 song begins on the tonic on the first beat and ends on the same tone. In form 

 it is undoubtedly a pisik of the type without the prelude and with the long 

 refrain. Each verse is five-phrased in structure, which is not very common, 

 and on the whole the larger points of the form are very regular, the connectives 

 absolutely so and also the refrains until the last, which ends short. The same 

 slight changes are to be found in each verse, however, that are encountered in 

 all of the songs. 



