Verse 3. pt. 1. 



Verse 3. pt. 2. 



Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



cummmiyuna qaikyaymaqtuno 



ai ye yi yai yaya 



cuncy luyayyuk paliyyuatqaqluniyi 



(Refrain — 2nd line only — and Connective) 

 uvaya cmatj auntydtqaqtumnitji 

 ai yei yai yaya 

 auyaylu camna ipiyeyaymayuluyo 



(Refrain — 2nd line only) 



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Translation 



Verse 1. pt. 1. Whence pray have they always come, 



The bull caribou stamping hard on the ground [?]. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. I then watching eagerly for it, 



The arrow too because I did not want to let it fly. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. Whence pray have they always come, 



Katainaluk stamping hard on the ground? 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. I then after having a desire to do it [to go]. 



The big dog too I did not want to let it loose. 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. Whence pray have they always come? 



The sickness after withering me up, 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. I then in my weakened condition. 



My blood too down here it [sickness] not wishing to leave 

 it. 



No. 19. Record IV. C. 92a 



Dance Song (pisik), sung by Avakan-a, a Dolphin and Union strait boy about 

 12 years of age. Song composed by his mother, Apat-oq 



