416 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Verse 1. pt. 2. komayyuyaluka qileqtiliyyuct 



umcymayaylum ndlunaxyayivan 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. yai ye yai ya ndlunaxyayivan 



tcikoyyum ima ayoteyyuclu 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. tupiyyal-i tma nalunit'aini 



ayluayyuaynun ndlunaxyayivan ■ 



(Refrain and Connective, adding he he he he at tJie 

 end of the first line) 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. yai ye yai ya ndlunaxyayivan 



ai — ai ya ptciayyud-i qalyimi uvani 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. qalyimi unima nalunit'aini 



pcciayyuin ima taincqcal'u ndlunixyayivan 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. yai yi yai ya cdtqeyatayiva 



ayluyamntn ima ^cdtqeyatayiva 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 4. pt. 2. yai ya eqdluluni cat — 



Translation 

 Verse 1. pt. 1. He does not know at all how to get them, 



Of the land the game. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. Animals with warble-flies [caribou], animals with antlers. 



Musk-oxen he does not know at all how to get them. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. He does not know at all how to get them. 



Of the ice the game. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. The sealers they are not ignorant how to get them. 



To the big seal-holes he does not know at all [how to 

 reach]. 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. He does not know them at all, 



The dance-songs in the dance-house here. 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. In the dance-house they are not ignorant of them. 



The songs and the words for them he does not know at all. 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. It [the fish] passed right by it [the hook]; 



From the fishing-hole it passed right by it. 



No. 9. Records IV. C. 96b and IV. C. 97 

 Dance Song (pisik), sung by Kunana, a Kiluccktok man 

 Prelude i ya hai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 1. ai yai yi ya 



civuydnalukpa uva 



ai yei yai yai yi ya 



tuciyutdxyaymiyuyo tmnaima 



ccrjitum ima qilautaluk 

 Refrain. ai yai ya hai yai yai 



ya he yai yi ya qa 



ye yi ya qa 



