Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



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Verse 3. pt/2. aynajitual-i Ukin-aqcurjnayit 



kivanmun camuya mmjoqcaytnaqptk 

 (Refrain II and Connective 2) 

 Verse 3. pt/3. ctvutuyuyual-i taineylyuajina civwyajinaqcuyo 



(Refrain III and Connective 3) 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. cumunkia uva pccuk'dluaqpck 



kivanmun camuya qaylinaqcuynaya 

 (Refrain I and Connective 1) 

 Verse 4. pt. 2. icayuit-uH tikin-aqcuynaq 



kivanmun camuya mcnyoqcaycnaqptk 

 (Refrain II and Connective 2) 

 Verse 4. pt. 3. ncyatceyiaqcaya navyitceyiaqcaya 



civuyayinaqcuyo 

 (Refrain III) 



Translation 

 Verse 1. pt. 1. Whose, whose this his mistalse? 



The song I am learning it. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. Qingaloqana's and Qingaqsanuk's 



Their mistake I am learning it. 

 Verse 1. pt. 3. Even this mistake I am trying to learn it too, the word 



he substituted, that one. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. Whither, pray, here am I to walk however? 



To the north down hither I not seeming to draw near. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. My dear little relative Qaqsalina, 



Not having reached him I have become weary. 

 Verse 2. pt. 3. Kaiyutaryuaq his heavy crushing,^ he being a savage man. 



Verse 3. pt. 1. Whither, pray, here am I to walk however? 



Eastward down hither I not seeming to draw near. 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. Beautiful women, I not seeming to reach them, 



Eastward down hither I have become weary. 

 Verse 3. pt. 3. Sivutuyuyuaq his big words, he being a savage man. 



Verse 4. pt. 1. Whither, pray, here am I to walk however? 



Eastward down hither I not seeming to draw near. 

 Verse 4. pt. 2. Isaruittoq I not seeming to reach^ 



Eastward down hither I have become weary. 

 Verse 4. pt. 3. I am likely to make him angry, I am likely to make him 



break something, he being a savage man. 



No. 14. Record IV. C. 95b 



Dance Song (pisik), incomplete, sung by Uhqcaq, a Kiluctktok man 

 Verse 1. pt. 1. 



Refrain" I. 



Coimective. 



yai yai yai ya wumavak- aluaqptk 

 kivanmul'i camuya crumavak-dluaqpck 

 yai ya yi yai yai ya hai yai ya 

 yai ya yi yai yai yai yi ya i ya ha 

 ai ya 

 ya hai ya 



1 Kaiyutaryiaq threw his wife down'and stamped on'her. 



2 The word in the text would mean "he not seeming to reach," but it seems probable tiiat the first person ending htus 

 been dropped on account of the music. 



