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Мо. 277. Lullaby. 
(Ilhlorsuit 1901.) 
This song shows a European influence. The melody of a similar lul- 
laby, which was common north and south on the west coast, is given in my 
Phon. Study, p. 386. 
wisalo erniga sinin'iarit 1 Lulla-lullaby my son! Sleep! 
sinir‘ique mana piararpog 2 Thy couch now is ready 
sinerqüL'utit 3 To make thee fall asleep. 
arnawit piwa:"tit 4 Thy mother talks to thee 
sinerqüL'utit 5 To make thee fall asleep. 
NOTES. — 1. wisalo loan from the Danish ‘visselulle’ (= Eng. lulla). The 
real equivalent in Greenlandic would be we:werniarit ‘sleep! lullaby! < wi- 
we'rpog (the child) sleeps’ Cf. no. 246. — 4. i. e. she sings for you. 
No. 278. The Raven in the Air. 
Mikisuluk (woman from Aulatsiwik south of Egedesminde). 
Phon. Study p. 312, no. 104. 
This animal poem is also known from the Smith Sound Eskimo (Cape 
York), thus it seems to have been widely known in Greenland. (Cf. Kroeber, 
Animal Tales, Journ. Amer. Folklore, vol. 12, 1899). 
fuluara suna’”na kim'iarpiuk 1 You raven up there! What do you 
carry in your beak ? — 
тр диёога: 2 А human thigh-bone. 
50`гте tamus'in'ilana 3 Why do you not give me а piece to 
chew upon ? 
Because I swallowed it (myself). 
(But) I lost with a splashing sound 
At the foot of the precipice, a ladle 
e-nak-o 
taqaL't"k-ak:o 
i’n-ap ata'ne qa'jo:tåk 
ga "k qa°k 
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(The raven’s screech). 
No. 279. The Arctic Loon and the Raven. 
Judithe Barcellaisen (DD. and Phon., Egedesminde, 1905). 
(Prose) to‘L'ilo tuluarLo im'inut “An Arctic loon met a raven. Said 
tikip: ut to-Lile ogarpoq: aL-an-a the Arctic loon, “Paint me!” The ra- 
9 . . 
ee ven painted her breast white and her 
P aes q back speckled. When they gazed at 
kula‘rtog.  tm‘inul qünerro‘rame each other, the Arctic loon felt proud. 
usorsip:oq. tulua одагрод: uwana The raven said, “Now me, you paint 
aL'ån:a. nar'onalopo ar’ap'a' sorzo me!” The Arctic loon painted him 
agis’eq qimerL:0:rame nar'oya’ qa- despicably, like a ptarmigan. Then 
they looked at each other and the 
uin’armik naRoninvano pa:- Ait 
port armik 7 12 гауеп showed his displeasure. As he 
я 7 el 0 ° + e 45 5 
mik ania“n-arpa:. tuluag kamap‘oq, was so annoyed at being all white 
toL:iup sa‘marsalerpa:: the Arctic loon rubbed him with soot. 
Melody No. 131. The raven grew angry. The Arctic 
loon tried to pacify him (singing): 
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