Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



411 



Verse 2. pt. 2. The sealers, they who cut up the meat, 



Drawing seals up on top of the ice, [while] I failed also 

 in hunting. 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. I turned back from it at ls,st, 



(new song). I turned back from it at last. 



Verse 3. pt. 2. I turned back from it at last, the big ice down here, 



I turned back from it at last. 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. Seals being abundant down here [yet] turning back from 



' it at last unnoticed 



To Umivik I turned back from it at last. 

 Verse 4. pt. 2. I turned back from it at last, the great land down here, 



I turned back from it at last. 

 Verse 5. pt. 1. Caribou being abundant down here [yet] turning back 



from it at last unnoticed 



I turned back from it at last. 



No. 4. Record IV. C. 78b 

 Dance Song (pisik), composed and sung by Uyahaq, a PutvUq woman 



Verse 1. pt. 1. mauna hai ye ya aiyumivaktur/a ai 



natceqhoqtunul-i aiyumivaktufja ai 

 Refrain. mauna ai ya ai ye ya mauna i ya 



Connective. ya hai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 2. mauna hai ye aiyumivaktufja ai 



cilayyua qarjma auyalixyatjman 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. mauna hai ye aiyumivaktuya ai 



cilayyua qarjma okiulcxyayman 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. cilayyua qayma okiulixyarjman hai 



lyluayyumnilu cnyumavaktuya 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. mauna hai ye aiyumivaktuya hai ya 



cilayyua qayma opinyalixyayman ai 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. mauna hai ye alienayloqpa hai 



cdnik — picikciya una inyumavaktuya i ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. ttymiyalyuya nalaqciyayayman hai 



noyayayyuiVi qayleqtuataqptk hai 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 4. pt. 2. mauna hai ye 



Translation 



Verse 1. pt. 1. Through here I should like to know 



How to reach people who secure seals I should like to 

 know. 



Verse 1. pt. 2. Through here I should like to know, 



F The season now when it began to be summer. 



Verse 2. pt. 1. Through here I should like to know. 



The season now when it began to be winter. 



