Songs of the Copper Eskimos i^f 



tulalaya-a tulalaya-a 



tulalafjaya tulalaya-a tulalaya tulalayali 



calytn maya a tuvyayluyo 



(Repeat last three lines) 

 tulalaya tulalaya-a 

 tulalayaya tulalaya-a-a tulalaya tulalayali 



Translation 



They have gone, it is said, the people who travel in 



kayaks. 

 They have gone, it is said, the people who travel in 



kayaks. 

 Kayaks, people, 

 Kayaks, people. 

 To the lands farthest north. 

 To the lands last of all,' 

 Lands, these. 



In front of all lands, these. 

 Return equipment, eating utensils 

 Having on top those, packs, packs.^ 

 Let me land, let me land, 

 Let me land, let me land, let me land, 

 The spirit yonder following it. 

 Let me land, let me land, 

 Let me land, let me land, let me land. 



No. 100. Record IV. C. 82a 



Weather Incantation, sung by Ayivyana, a Coppermine river man 



Cf. No. i04 



cauyuayma-a cnwyyuaymay 



cauyuayma-a cnuyyuaymay 



cayyueylunu matueylunu 



qm-eqtuamtyilu ya ta ha ja 



cuvlutiylu cpkwa qcymd-cylu cpkwa 



cuvlcnjuvlutcyllu] cpkwa qin'eqtuarmyilu ya ta ha ya 



(Repeat from beginning) 

 tauyucayma qa ya nivyajyucayma qa ya 

 aqeyluamnun nivyauluamnun 

 qcn-eqtuamiyilu ya ta ha ya 

 cauyvMyma-a muyyuayman 

 cauyuayma-a muyyuayman 

 cayyueylunu matueylunu 



Translation 

 My great companion, my great guardian spirit, 

 My great companion, my great guardian spirit, 

 ? uncovering, 

 Their own growlings too. 



Their doing what, they, their own dogs too, they, 

 Their wishing to do what, they, and their own growlings. 

 My companion, the one who cries out within me, 



' This and the last line are transposed in No. ! 

 ' No. 98 ends here. 



