440 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Verse 2. pt. 2. Words being far away — 



Antlered caribou on the land down here — 

 N'erse 2. pt. 3. When I obtained a few [words] I attached them [to the 



music] — 



The plains when it crossed over them. 

 Verse 3. pt. 1. It is pleasant, 



The game there is no song about it. 

 Verse 3. pt. 2. Words being far away — 



Bearded seals on the ice down here — 

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



music] — 



To their breathing holes when they departed. 



No. 30. Record IV. C. 59a 

 Dance Song (pisik), sung by Ivyayotailaq, a Puwltq man. Cf. No. 31. 



Verse 1. 



Refrain. 

 Connective. 

 Verse 2. 



Verse 1. 

 Verse 2. 



i yai yai yai yai itqayacajlaym 

 nunayyutl'i tckttpaktdtka 

 ayoticaVi qatqaqdcuynaya 



i yai yai yai ya i yai yai yai yai yai yai yai ya 

 i yai ya 



kuyyuaylu pcyul-u cma 

 ukpiUylu qa hc-iyaylu umiuy (?) 

 ucuynaqcioyvtk icoqtoylu icoqtul'ua 

 maqtqcayvck marjaqtoyvtylu 

 (Refrain) 



Translation 



Let me recall them to mind, 

 The lands that I have reached. 

 Game as I do not even wish to find. 

 Kugyuaq [river] and Pingoq [hill] 

 And Ukpilik [river] and Kissigaq, 

 Usungnaqsiorvik and Isogtoq's^ muddy water, 

 Maqiqsarvik and Mangagtorvik. 



No. 31. Record IV. C. 70b 

 Dance Song (pisik), sung by Kukilukaq, a Bathurst inlet woman. Cf. No. 30. 



Verse 1. 



Refrain. 



Connective. 



Coimective. 



i ye ye ye ye ttqayacaylayd 

 nunayyucl'u ttkctpaktdtka 

 atjoticamnck qdtqaqcicuynaya 

 i ye ye i ye ye i ye ye i ye i ye 

 ye i ye i ye i ye e ye 

 i ye i ye 



(Spoken: alienaqciyami ila clicaijiyoq) 

 i ye i ye 



1 Isogfog means "the muddy one." 



