(Songs oj the Copper Eskimos 



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Verse 1. pt. 2. tainicaqcicucl-i tapiqtoqcm-axlwyo 



pccckcajyuk tamajukpaylukpai ya 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. cumm unai ya imalx-yajivan 



dmicujajyucn nak-akun ima 

 (Refrain and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. nunami camani aiyuleqpak-apkin 



tmani cma kttik-eal-aym 

 (Refrain unfinished) 



Translation 



Verse 1. pt. 1. Whence this one? Does it want to be irreparably lost? 



The bow does it want to be irreparably lost? 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. Word matter [phrases] combining together at last [into 



a song]. 

 The bow does it want to be irreparably lost? 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. Whence this one? They [caribou] went through it into 



the water, 

 Very many of them, through a hole in the ice. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. On the land down here since I am quite unable to find 



them, 

 In this place let me go between them. 



No. 34. Recced IV. C. 39 



Dance Song (pisik), composed by Ikpakhuaq, a Puivltq man, sung by Haviuyaq, 

 a man from the same region 



Prelude. 

 Refrain. 

 Connective. 

 Verse 1. 



Verse 2. 



Verse 3. 



Verse 4. 



Verse 5. 



ye yayai ye ye ye yarj ye ya yaya 



i ye yaya i ye ya ya yi- ya ya ye ya ya 



e yaya 



qanoq uvan ayoyavaya 



ye yayai ya 



canilimay ayoyaydqomaya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 akcamiylu qalvcyaiyuajyumcyi 

 ye yayai ya 

 canilimay ayoyaydqomaya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 qanoq camnay alimalialuka 

 ye yayai ya 

 upqotiyay alimalialukivuya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 muyaliy aqtunalialuyma 

 ye yayai yaya 

 upqotiyay alimalialukivuyo 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 qanoq camna picuyacuayaiyayivaya 

 ye yayai yaya 

 nuna camna picuyacuayaiyayivaya 



(Refrain) 



