Songs of the Copper Eskimos 437 



Verse 4. pt. 1. qai ya ai ya iytl-yocitiyivtk 



uyyuluyyuaq una ccyyainaymi uvanilu 

 (Refrain and Connective) 



Verse 4. pt. 2. qayatqeq-oqpurja ai ye ya hai ya 



kdlecuxyaqtuayapku ayyainaymi 



Translation 



Verse 1. pt. 1. I wanted to use my weapon. 



A big blubbery seal, this one, right on the ice, even here. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. I struck smartly with the harpoon, 



And then I just pulled it up, the seal that wandered 

 constantly from one breathing hole to another down 

 here. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. I wanted to use my weapon. 



A big antlered caribou, this one, on the land, even down 

 here. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. I shot my arrow swiftly. 



Then I just knocked it down in this place, the caribou 

 that wandered about on the land. 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. I wanted to use my weapon. 



The fish, this one, right in the lake, even here. 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. I struck it smartly with my fish-spear. 



Then I just pulled it up, the fish that wandered about 

 constantly down here. 

 Verse 4. pt. 1. I wanted to use my weapon. 



A big bearded seal, this one, just at the river mouth, 

 even here. 

 Verse 4. pt. 2. I paddled my kayak hard, 



Then I simply towed it ashore, just at the river mouth.* 



No. 28. Record IV. C. 74 



Dance Song (pisik), composed by Taptuna, a Coppermine river native, sung by 

 Hdviaq, a youth from the same region 



Verse 1. pt. 1. 



Verse 1. pt. 2. 



Refrain. 

 Connective. 

 Verse 2, pt. 1. 



Verse 2. pt. 2. 



yat yai i yai qomanayivoq 



nunami camani picuyayama i ai yai yai 



(Refrain omitted) 

 komayyuantma dmimivluytt 

 qayyuayyual-i dmtlcyit'oq i ai yai yai 

 yai yai yayi yai yai yai yai yai 

 i yai i yai 



yai yai ya qovianayivoq 



tcckumi camani pccuyayama i ai yai yai 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 qaiyuyuaH ima uyaleqtuni 

 naulayiya cptqtayyaytt-oq i ai yai yai 



(Refrain and Connective) 



1 The Copper Eskimos have never harpooned seals from a kayak, so this must refer to an exploit of a Hudson bay native.. 

 Possibly the song originated in that area. 



