Songs of the Copper Eskimos 497 



No. 119. Record IV. D, 5b 



Dance Song, sung by Palaiyaq, a Mackenzie river man 



(Burden syllables only) 



No. 120. Recobd IV. G. 1b 



Herschel Island Dance Song. Sung by Mike, an Eskimo man from 

 South Head, Siberia* 



mayaqtejeqpuci qai ya ja ya ya ya 

 cuyuyo atuaya atayayayayaya ya 

 makileyaitcuya a ya eq-edcuayuya ya 

 7a yai e ye ye ye ye yayaya 



a yi ya a a I ye yt ya at 

 yaya ke yaya yaya-a ke ya-aya 

 i ye ye ye ya ye ye ya 

 i ye a teq teq teq teq teq teq 



Translation ^ 



You call [to the fox] maq. 

 How [goes] his song? 

 I am not going to stand up. 

 I am very lazy. 



No. 121. Record IV. D. 6d 



Herschel Island Dance Song, sung by Unalina and Cukaiyoq, two 

 Mackenzie river women 



tdlik-a-a caklauviuyaqtuk ye ye e e ye 



djiydtka-a pameoqduicupiaqtun-^Urun culukcutiyuak 



ttiydValaya numilaylaya pcyoqcilaya uliulaylaya — a 



tdlik-a-a kepikdmayluk naqcylilauyaylaya 



tdvlumiu[yaylaya] 



Translation 



My arms they wave high in the air. 



My hands they flutter behind my back; they wave above 



my head like the wings of a bird. 

 Let me move my feet, let me dance, let me shrug my 



shoulders, let me shake my body. 

 My arms let me fold them; let me crouch down; 

 Let me hold my hands under my chin. 



No. 122. Record IV. D. 7c 

 Dance Song, sung by Unalina and Cukaiyoq, two Mackenzie river women 

 V2(u, (Burden'syllables only) 



"^ I Mike bom in Siberia, had lived for many years in the Mackenzie delta and had married a woman of that place. 

 ' Some significant words were omitted here by accident during transcription and could not be deciphered afterwards 



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