Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



415 



Verse 5. ye yi yai ya qicayleqpakturja 



tcikumin camaya tubaktaqcamnck qica'yleqpaktuya 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 6. uyoyun'ua'ya qejneqtalimna 



tuhakiaqcamnck ttyiClauqpik 

 (Refrain and Connective) 



Translation 

 Song 1. 

 Verse 1. pt. 1. My thoughts went constantly, 



To the great land my thoughts went constantly. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. The game, bull caribou those. 



Thinking of them I thought constantly. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. My thoughts went constantly. 



To the big ice my thoughts went constantly. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. The game, bull caribou those. 



Thinking of them my thoughts went constantly. 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. My thoughts went constantly. 



To the dance-house my thoughts went constantly. 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. The dance-songs and the drum. 



Thinking of them my thoughts went constantly. 

 Song 2. 

 Verse 1. I was beginning to waste away exceedingly from hunger. 



From the land, from down there, something to serve as 

 a new sealing weapon [I obtained]. I was beginning 

 to waste away exceedingly from hunger. 

 Verse 2. Very many [caribou] when they were in the water, 



Material for a new kayak I obtained. 

 Verse 3. My marriage partner^ Qerneqtaq. 



Material for a new kayak I obtained. 

 Verse 4. The new kayak I have never put a cover on it. 



To my country since it did not make its appearance.^ 

 Verse 5. I was beginning to waste away exceedingly from hunger. 



From the ice, from down here, something to serve as a 

 new sealing weapon [I obtained]. I was beginning to 

 waste away exceedingly from hunger. 

 Verse 6. My little nephew Qerneqtaq he. 



Something to serve as a new sealing weapon I obtained. 



No. 8. Record IV. C. 61 

 An old Dance Song (pisik), sung by Pix-uaq, a Dolphin and Union strait man 



yai yai yai yai (?) ndlunaxyayivan 



nunayyum ima ayoteyyud-u 



ya yi yai yai yai ya 



i yai yi yai yai ya 



ya yi yai yai yai ya qa 



ya yi yai yai yai ye 



yai yai 



Verse 1. pt. 1. . 

 Refrain. 



Connective. 



1 i.e. the man with whom I exchange wives. 



2 The frame of the kayak was not transported back to the maker's home in Prince Albert sound and in consequence 

 was never covered with sealskins. The song was apparently composed by a man who had journeyed south to the mainland 

 for wood. 



