Songs of the Cpppev Eskimos. 473 



, No, 73, Recobd,, JV. ,C. ,36 

 Dance Song, sung by TaJcoheqHna, a Coppermine river woman 



Verse 1. pt. 1. i ye ye ya ya tucanayinaqpiym 



kivalivut kamaya tucantkcatqaqpatut 

 Refrain I. i ye ye yay i ya qai.ye :'■ 



i ye ye ye .yq.y i ya qui ya, ^ 



i ye ye i yay a, ye ye .ya i ya a qa qai ya qa 

 Coimective. i ya hai.ya 



Verse 1. pt. 2. umtym^ktuylvi atq,nyanimaya 



katektuntylu^qaya payaqniklu tma qai ya 



i ye ye i yay f ,ya qai ya . 

 Refrain II. i ye ye ye i yay i yci qi ya qai ya 



Verse 1. pt. 3. tamaitali mahua iT),ur)eaqluyil-i 



aktuayainaj)kin. iymiyumayfnaq-utia 

 Refrain III. i ye ye yay a yi ye, ye i yai ya 



i ye ye yay i ya qai ya 



i ye ye yay i ya i yai qai ya 



i ye ye i yay a yi ye yay i ya a qa qai ya qa 

 Connective. i ya_ qai ya 



Verse 2. pt. 1. i ye ye ya . ya tucukccn-a,q'piytn 



nurian-un im^ya qvali-picynuH . 

 (Reftain I and Connective) 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. tunul,cptfynul-u ncqenul-u tma ya 



cavcyv/ul'u cmq-a utkuciknul-u qa a ya 



i ye ye i yay i ya qai ya 



Translation 



Verse 1. pt. 1. I have long since heard of them, 



Thqse east of us, I take notice of it, those -that were 

 heard of before [?]„ 

 Verse 1. pt. 2. The musk-ox when it stayed close to me, 



White [caribou] too and short-haired ones. 



Verse 1. pt. 3. All of them, these, being plentiful, 



Although I have not actually skinned them I intend 'to 

 go right on to my destination. 

 Verse 2. pt. 1. I long to go to them at last. 



To the lands over yonder, to those farthest from us out 

 of sight. 

 Verse 2. pt. 2. To those [lands] farthest behind us, both for meat 



And for knives and for pots. 



No. 74. Record IV. C. 44 

 Dance Song, sung by Qaiyoyanq, a Coppermine river man 



1 Miss Roberts thinks this should be considered a verso, not a prelude. The song would then end with Verse 4. pt. 1. 



