Songs of the Copper Eskimos 459 



ATONS 



No. 51. Record IV. C. 45b 



Dance Song (aton), learned from Prince Albert sound Eskimos, sung by Avjana, 



a Putvliq man 



Va^se 1. 



Connective. 

 Verse 2. 



Verse 3. 



atmieyeyuyay e ye ye yaya 

 dtinieyeyuyay e ye ye yay e ye ye ya 

 e yaya 



dtmieyeyuyay pccuUtxyayiviyi 

 nunaiynaymulty ptcultlxjayivtyi e yai 



(Connective) 

 qeynet-jyyuili nuiyaqtcnmdtiytyi 

 nunaiynaymulm ovlyqlitxyajivtyi e ye yi 



Verse 1. 

 Verse 2. 

 Verse 3. 



Translation 



I am going to sing a rival song, 

 I am going to sing a rival song. 



I am going to sing a rival song. I began to walk, 

 To a beloved land I began to walk. 



Black animals [musk-oxen] when they were visible to me, 

 To a beloved land I took long strides [?] 



No. 52. Record IV. C. 33 

 Dance Song (aton), sung by Niyaqtahk, a Coppermine river Eskimo man 



Verse 1. 

 Refrain. 



Connective. 

 Verse 2. 



Verse 3. 



Verse 4. 



piyiava ndkiyikpakpa 

 pccckcayyuk nakiyikpakpa ai ya 

 piyiava i yai ya i ai yai yai ya 

 piyiava i ai yai yai yai yai 

 i yai i yai 



tainiqcali ivaytqtuaqtuni ai ya 

 pccckcayyuk nakiyikpakpa ai ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 piyiava pccuyuvi ai ya 

 auyaycma pccuyuvi ai ya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 Uymiyayyun naliuyayeyoq 

 ndnmaxpakcuyo pccuyuvi ai ya 



(Refrain) 



Hi^se 1. 

 Refrain. 



Translation 



He constantly bends it, he constantly sends it straight, 

 The big bow, he constantly sends it straight. 



He constantly bends it. 

 He constantly bends it. 



