Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



433 



Verse 1. 



Verse 2. 



\ ferse 3. 



Translation 



How these am I going to obtain instead, 

 A pair of caribou-fur stockings am I going to obtain in- 

 stead, down here, on the land down here. 



Ulauyaq, with arrows not his [?] 



A pair of stockings am I going to obtain instead, down 

 here, on the land down here. 



With arrows not his [?] I simply transfixed it, the one 



with large antlers. 

 Down here . . . 



No. 24. Record IV. C. 50b 



Dance Song (pisik), sung by Kaiyayyuk, a Coppermine river man 



Verse 1. pt. 1. dlcnaqpain ai yai yi ya ai ya 



apqaliyayyuk numdixjayami takoyaneyhq'a 



Refrain. . almaqpain ai yai ya qai 



i yai yai yai yai yi ya qa 



i yai yai yai yai yi yai yai yai ya 



a qai i ya 



Connective. i yai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 2. qaljcmi capkwa haiyuyaxuyd ai 



numdixyayami takoyaneyhq-a 



(Refrain and Connective) 



Verse 2. pt. 1. dlcnaqpain i- yai yi ya qai 



aviayayyun numdixyayami ai ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 



Verse 2. pt. 2. tucayian capkwa haiyuyaxuyd ai 



numdixyayami takoyaneyhq-a 



(Refrain — beginning only) 



Verse 1. pt. 1. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. 



Verse 2. pt. 1. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. 



Translation 

 ? ? 



Apqaligaryuk, when he began to dance vigorously, he 

 looked splendid. 



In the dance-house these people, as he danced around 



them, 

 When he began to dance vigorously he looked splendid. 



? ? 



Aviaraq, when he began to dance vigorously. 



The listeners, these people, as he danced around them. 

 When he began to dance vigorously he looked splendid. 



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