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Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



No. 42. Record IV. C. 50a 

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



Prelude. 

 Refrain. 



Connective. 

 Verse 1. 



Verse 2. 

 Refrain. 



Prelude. 

 Refrain. 

 Verse 1. 



Verse 2. 



Refrain. 



alinaylukpai yai yai yi ya 



ai yai yai yai yai yai yai ya 



alinaylukpain ai ya 



yai yai yai yai yai yai 



ai yai yai yai yai yai yai ya ^ 



ai yai yai yai yai yai ya ^ 



imnai yai yai yai ye yi yai 



i yai ya 



dltnaylukpai yai yai yi yai ya 



dqdc'ua cmna tviucicuktoq qdnyicicuktojyua ai ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 iviuyuaymi qdnyoyuaymi ai ya 

 tucaneqcautcyni cdtaukpata aqcaneyama 

 utaq-eviymilu ai yay 

 dlmaylukpain ai ya 

 yai yai ya yai yai yai ya 

 nauyayyuktul'i tcumanaiyuajyuk 

 neyialaqcinaiyuktoq qinuyaluaqcmaiyuktoq ai ya 



(Prelude and first two lines of refrain) 



Translation 

 I should like to have good luck. 

 I should like to have good luck. 

 I should like to have good luck. 

 Itqassuaq he loves to substitute words when singing to 



his dancing companion, being a man who loves to 



compose songs. ' 

 At the substitutions in the song — 

 The audience when they take their places in the ring, 



when I danced [?] 

 In the waiting-place [dance-house] too. 

 I should like to have good luck. 

 They ate wont to catch sea-gulls^ but [I am] unable to 



think [how to capture any]. 

 He always loves to shout aloud when singing, he always 



loves to look around. 



No. 43. Record IV. C. 35 

 Dance Song (pisik), sung by Haquyyaq, a Putvhq woman 



Prelude ? 

 Refrain I. 



Verse 1. pt. 1. 



qoveacuaqptt 



ye ye ye ye ye ya ye ya 

 ye ya ye ye ya ye yay ai ye 

 i ye ye 



nayyuliyyuaymiyli ndlaqcifjnaqcunaya 

 nunamiVi camani qoveacuaqptt 

 (Refrain I) 



'.For dancing-companions see Vol. XII, Pt. A., Life ot the Copper Eskimos, p. 86f. A man who dances after his asso ci- 

 ate often improvises words to suit the occasion. 



2 "Sea-gulls" in shamanistic language means "seals"; probably the word has the same meaning here. 



