Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



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Verse 3. 

 Verse .4. 

 j|erse 5. 

 Verse 6. 



Verse 1. 

 Refrain. 

 Verse 2. 



Verse 3. 



Verse 4. 



Verse 5. 



Verse 6. 



m-utjnul-i ivaiyaituaqtcl-uni 

 neqituyjq qaniqanit'oq una 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 curntnaqpai yai ye yai ya 

 koiyayuH cdtqunqaiyuttoq unai 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 nejyunmul-i utejviyct'uaqtil-uni 

 koiyayul-i catqunqaiyud-oq unai 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 m-uynul-i ivaiyait-uaqtil-uni 

 tfjmm-cyli unai uylaiyaymtntyi a 

 koiyajulu catqunqaiyud'oq una 



(Refrain) 



(Spoken: nuyut-oqi) 



Translation 

 ? ? 



What is he doing, he. 

 ? it carried me back, 

 The ice, to a place far behind me. 

 To people, while they kept stealing [his property] 

 There is plenty of meat [?] 

 What is he doing? 

 Koiyaruk had no knife, he. 

 To game, while it actually returned towards him, 

 Koiyaruk had no knife, he. 

 To people while they kept stealing [his property] 

 He himself, he, at his going to visit them [?] 

 Koiyaruk had no knife, he. 

 (Spoken: It is finished.) 



An Old 

 Verse 1. pt. 



Refrain. 



Connective. 

 Verse 1. pt. ! 



Refrain 11. 

 Connective. 

 Verse 1. pt. ! 



Refrain III. 



r*rse 2. pt. : 



88540— 27i 



No. 12. Recoed IV. C. 46) 

 Dance Song (pisik), sung by Utoqeq, a Coppermine river woman 



1. dtayuna qai cucuinaqpa qa 



piqoyualeqi ndtccxyaqtoyo imna qai 

 dtayuna qai ya qai ye ya i ya qai ye yai ya qai 

 e yai ya a qa qai ya i ya a qa qai 

 ya qai ya 



imakaleqi alyayyuavuko 

 tif/uqtoyamnuka auqtuybqpa qai 

 dtayuna qai ya qai ye yai ya qai ye yai ya 

 ai ya 



cucuicutaymiyama cymtqtaqcm-aq-uya 

 dtayuna qai ai ye yai ya qa qai 

 dtayuna qai ya qai ye yai ya qai ye yai ya 

 e yai ya a qa qai he 

 dtayuna qai cucuinaqpa qa 

 aymayiayyuk qa eqdlukxyaqtoyo imna 

 (Refrain I and Connective^ 



