Songs of the. Copper; Eskimos 



469 



No. 68. Record IV. C. 21b 



Part of a Dance Song (aton), sung by Haquyyaq, a Puivliq woman 



auyaiyuaq takoyiyayaya 

 aulaytt'oq aminiyuiniktoq sule 



Translation 

 Auraiyuaq^ it is visible to me, 

 It vanishes not, it is without grass also. 



UNDIFFERENTIATED DANCE SONGS 



No. 69. Record IV. C 104 

 Dance Song, sung by Ikpakhuaq, a Puivliq man 

 e yaya , . 



cauqarima picuyuUxyaymaiyuyo 

 i ye yayai yaya 



qcyiymcktuvluyo pLCuyacuayaiyayiyaya 

 i ye yayai ye yaya, 

 e ye yai yay e ye yai ya 



(Connective) 

 qanoq camna ptcuyaiyayiyaya 

 i ye yayai yaya , , 

 tcikuliayli p icuyatuayaiyayiyaya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 cauqanma ptcTiyulixyaymaiyuyo 

 i ye yayai yaya 

 caqumeqtovhiyo picuyatuayaiyayiyaya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 ha — a hayei ye ye yaya 

 ha — a haye ye ye yaya 

 hayi ye ye yaya 

 ye ye ye ya 

 e yaya . 



ha — aya tucaleyiviyo 

 atcmnili ima poiyalxyaymaya 



(Refrain and Connective) 

 cunauva ca — 



Translation 

 My companion he wanted to travel about all the'time. 

 Searching all about for him I kept walking expecting to 



find him. 

 How, down here, can I expect to walk on it? 

 On young ice I am actually walking steadily over it. 

 My companion he wanted to travel about all the time. 

 Striving to catch a glimpse of him I kept walking expect- 



' ing to find him. 

 I began to hear it. 



From beneath me when it [seal] came up to breathe. 

 What is here?" ' ' 



^ Auraiyuaq is a locality in the district of Puivliq, in southwestern Victoria island. 



2 This is really two distinct songs fused together. The second spng (Verse 3, etc.) is given in full below (No. 70). 



Connective. 

 Verse 1. pt. 1. 



Refrain. 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. 



Verse 2. pt. 1. 



Prelude to 



next verse. 

 Refrain. 



Connective. 

 Verse 3. 



Verse 4. 



