SECTION 2. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS 



By D. Jenness 



Division of Anthropology, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa 



COPPER ESKIMO DANCE SONGS 



Dance Song (pisik), 



PISIKS 



No. 1. Record IV. C. 80 



composed and sung by Hcyilaq, a Puivlcq woman. 

 (Spoken: qimakpale'ynaq'a) 



Verse 1. 



Refrain I. 

 Coimective. 

 Verse 2. 



Verse 3. 



Verse 4. 

 Refrain II. 

 Verse 5. 



Verse 6. 



Verse 7. 

 Verse 8. 

 Verse 9. 

 Verse 10. 

 Verse 11. 



1 Copper Eskimo: piciq. 



pccuyuleqtuyay e ye ye yaya 



picuyuleqtuyay e ye ye ya 



e ye ye yaye ye ye ya 



e yaya 



-picuyuleqturjay e ye ye yaya 



kulukcumun cma picuaqtojivik 



(Refrain I and Connective) 

 kayataineyaliy cmufueymcymaya 

 kulukcuymun ima picuaqtoyivtk 



(Refrain I and Connective) 

 ulukcayali Ukilejatayapkuyo 

 ic-uajayyuk amulaqpaya 

 e ye ye yaye Qiu hu hu hu hu hu) 



(Connective) 

 ptcuyuleqtuyafj e ye ye yaya 

 ptcuyuleqtuyay e ye ye ya 



(Refrain I and Connective) 

 pccuyuleqtuyay e ye ye yaya 

 kuyayyuaymun pccuaqtoyivik 



(Refrain I and Connective) 

 aptahyli apkuacaqcuyoliyi 

 kuyayyuaymun picuaqhyivik 



(Refrain I and Connective) 

 kuyayyuMymun tikileyatayamaya 

 utkuciktanul'i tckileyataqtuya 



(Refrain I and Connective) 

 utkuctkcanul'i tikileyatayamaya 

 icumainali cn-eqciyayitpit 



(Refrain II and Connective) 

 pccuyuleqtuyay e ye ye yaya 

 dciyamun ima picuaqtoyivck 



(Refrain I and Connective) 

 qileqtilyin ima takovakcuyaluyo 

 picikciiwama cucuitpaktuya 



(Refrain I and Connective with the words 

 alienaqciyami ila inserted) 



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