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Verse 2. 



Verse 3. 

 Verse 4. 



Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Subject-matter for words [theme for a song] as he really 



seeks well, 

 The big bow, he constantly sends it straight. 



He constantly bends it as he walks along. 

 In summer as he walks along. 



Big birds it is evidently easy to secure, 

 As he carries his pack, walking along. 



No. 53. Record IV. C. 58b 



Dance Song (aton), from Prince Albert sound, sung by Kdneyoq, a Pucvlcq girl 



Prelude. ye ye yai ye ya i ya ye yai ya 



ai yei yai ye 

 ye yai ye ye yai 



Refrain I. yei yai i ye ya 



i yai ye i yai 

 ye ye yei yei ya 

 yi ya ai yai ye ye qai 



Connective. i ya hai ■ 



Verse 1. pt. 1. ye yei ye ye yai uyaydluayiya 



dtciaqciya tma toynyaytma 



Refrain II. ye yai ye ye ye ya i yai ye i yai 



ye yei ye ye ya yi ya ai yai ye ye qai ye 



Cormective. i ya hai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 2. auyalumna upaluaxyalmaya 



dtciaqciya ima ild-ayiydluayiya 



(Refrain I and Connective) 



Verse 2. pt. 1. ye ye ye- yai ayiundyaluayiya 



cumun noyan-uay tma kdniyan-uay tma 



(Refrain I and Connective) 



Verse 2. pt. 2. auyalumna upal-uaxyalmaTja 



cumun noyan-uay tma ayiunttydluaqayali [he'-e'] 



Translation 



Verse 1. pt. 1. Seeing that I was longing for it, 



I gave it a name, the spirit. 



Verse 1. pt. 2. Much blood pours from me [my nose] unexpectedly. 



I gave it a name, seeing that I recognized it. 



Verse 2. pt. 1. I have not finished it [my song] however. 



Whither my little sister, my little Kaniraq [has 

 gone].i 



Verse 2. pt. 2. Much blood pours from me unexpectedly. ^r 



Whither my little sister — I have not finished it howevfir'. 



' This is one of the songs that was taught by the Prince Albert sound Eskimos to the Pmvtij Eskimos during the summer 

 of 1915 (see Vol. XII, Pt. A., p. 132). The words are said to have been taken from three separate songs. 



