Songs of the Cqpper Eskimos 439 



No. 29. Recoed IV. C.'92b 



Dance Song (pisik), sung by Kan-uva, a Coppermine river boy 



Verse 1. pt. 1. i ye ye ye yi ya dlienajlukpa 



dtaqcajyua taintqcait-oq 

 i yai ya hi ya 

 Befrain. i ye i ya al yi ya ha 



hi ye yi ya hi 

 Connective. i ya hai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 2. taincqcand-u avaciyal-uym 



no — uqculcyyucti tcikumi camani yai ya 

 (Connective) 

 Verse 1. pt. 3. ai ya 



ilaynejlucm-ajapkin taicunaqpdtka 

 aylumcynun unuvaymata 

 i yai ya hi ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. i ye i ye a ya yi ya dlienaylukpa 



dtaqcayyua taintqcait-oq 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. yai ya 



taincqcancl'U avaciyal'Uycn 

 ndyyultyyucl'i nunami camani 

 i yai ya hi ya hai ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 3. ilayneylucm-ayapkm taicunaqpatka 



qaiyyneym cUvyeqpaymayin 

 i yai ya hi ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. ye ye yi ya dlienaylukpa 



dtaqcayyua tainiqcaiPoq 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. taimqcamVu avaciyal-uycn 



uyyuluyyucl'i tcikumi camani yai ya 

 (Connective) 



Verse 3. pt. 3. ai ya 



ilayneylucm-ayapkin taicunaqpdtka 

 aylumiynun unuvaymata 

 i yai ya hi ya hai 

 (Refrain) 



Translation 



Verse 1. pt. 1. It is pleasant, 



The game, there is no song about it. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. Words [for a song] being far away [hard to find] — 



Seals on the ice down here — 



Verse 1. pt. 3. When I obtained a few [words] I attached them [to the 



music] — 

 To their breathing holes they departed. 



Verse 2. pt. 1. It is pleasant. 



The game, there is no song about it. 



