Songs of the Copper Eskimos 489 



Verse 2. My parents when they left me behind, I, 



Although I tried, 



I could not raise myself from the ground 

 Toward the lands.^ 



No. 103. Record IV. C. 20b2 



Dance Song (pisik), sung by Kaneyoq, a Puivlcq girl 



ya yi yai yai ya yi ya-a qa 



ya yi yai yai ya yi ya-a qa 



ya yi yai yai ya 



ai yai ya yi yai ya-a-ai 



ya yi yai yai ya yi ya a qa 



ya yi yai ya-ai ya-a yi ya 



ai ya-a-ai ya yi yai yai 



ya ndlundtqayami ai ya nunayyum cma ayuUyyuiVu 



ya yi ya-a yai ya 



ai ya ye ya ya yai ya-a qa 



ye ye ye-e ya-a ya ye ya-a qa 



ya ye ya e ya-a ye ya-a ye 



e ya-a-a i ya qa 



ya ye ya-a ya ye ya 

 a ye ya e a ye ya e ya-a-ai 

 a ye ya e a ye ya ye ya a qa 

 ya ye yai ya ye yai ya a ye 



Translation 



For he is in a state of ignorance 



[Concerning] of the land here the game animals. 



No. 104. Record IV. C. 59b 



Weather Incantation to allay a storm, sung by Ivyayotailaq, a Puivliq man 



Cf. No. 100 



tauyuayman inuyyuayman 

 tauyuayman tnuyyuayman 

 aqeyluyamnuk ncvyoylujamnuk 

 nudvctjilan iwueyivoq 

 inukcayilan m-ueyivoq 

 dtani kanaya qm-ejlunuk 

 (Repeat from beginning) 



* This song was called the "Longspur's incantation" (nahaul.ium aqeula)^ but I could discover no explanation of the title, 

 nc;>J5^r reason why so small and insignificant a bird as the Lapland longapur should become the theme of a song . The 

 sia^yhimself considered the song a weather incantation. 



' This dance song has been included by mistake among the incantations through being on the same record as No . 105. 



' An error was made in the transcription at this place, and the correct words could not be deciphered afterwards on 

 the record. 



