TEXTS FROM EAST GREENLAND 
Г. EPIC-LYRIC POEMS 
A. PETTING SONGS AND NURSERY RHYMES 
Nos. 1—9. GENUINE PETTING SONGS RECITED TO INFANTS. 
No. 1. To a little Girl named after her Mother’s Sister. 
Fig. 26. Teerteko’s wife before the 
entrance of the tent (June 1906). 
C. 
> ( Qiwinaraaq A 
= Ittimaneejuk В 
S = | Кати! а ег С (DD) 
BS | Natseq D 
= 2 Teemiartissaq E 
= = Qiwinaraaq X | 
= Qileewtin Y (Phon.). 1 
= | Nåtseq Z : 
The mother carried her baby, a 
girl, in the amaut on her back (“up 
there’, cf. figs. 9 and 27). The little one 
is “mother’s sister”, identical with the 
deceased person after whom she has 
been named at the heathen baptism. 
Because the deceased’s soul accom- 
panies the name to the new born 
child’s soul. 
The song is undoubtedly ancient 
and classical among the East Green- 
landers. It is executed on three notes 
nearly all through, but at its con- 
clusion falls into recitative discourse 
with a traditional, conventional pitch. 
Cf. Melodies, nos. 19 and 21, р. 67. 
ари)`а suka: pin'itsen 1 See her up there, the innocent coquette — 
amiät a mia 2 No man yet has touched her, 
qum'iàt ayıla "3 No man yet has stamped her 
anana'pila‘ 4 She is not my child’s mother, 
1 The letters ABC etc. refer to DD records (from direct dietation) while XYZ 
refer to Phonographic records. (Cf. pag. 156 and 180). 
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