Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



283 



Prelude 



V. 1. 



Refrain 



V. 2. 



Refrain 



No. 80. Record IV. C. 49 

 Uncertain tonality, F minor ? 



According to the words the prelude is three phrases long, but later the A 

 and B music form the refrain so that it seems probable that the prelude should 

 be marked to include the refrain, but in words the refrain to the verses is 

 different. The change in the melody from D on may in part be due to the off- 

 pitch singing of the informant. It is interesting to observe that the second verse 

 is only three phrases long but that in actual number of beats it nearly equals 

 the first. The final A" section may be a refrain, or a coda. The syllables are 

 slightly different from those in the refrain proper. 



The song begins on the tonic of the minor, with the last beat of the measure 

 and as the refrain closes on the fifth, below this, it is probable that if the song 

 were finished it would stop on that tone anyway, as it does in its actual state, 

 which, after all, may be complete. 



