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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1153
foUowing free translation of the songs which Frank
Italio had sung that afternoon:
Song A
Daylight, daylight, daylight,
Pretty soon wQl break.
SongB
Raven went up to the head of the Nass
And got daylight.
Pretty soon, pretty soon.
He's going to break that open.
On September 14, 1952, she translated or explained
the words of the song(s?) as:
Now I'm going to show the people
How I can break the daylight on them.
The Raven had to go way up to the head of the Nass
And get the daylight.
I'm pretty sure I can break the daylight on them.
A third Raven moiety potlatch song, referring to
Raven's Theft of Daylight, was recorded by Mrs. Frank
Dick (1954, 6-2-B; pp. 1155, 1180-1181).
SONG A (1952, 7-2-A)
Frank Italio sang in such a quavery style it is hard to
teU whether some of the syUables of the song are intended
to be separate vocables or simply quavers. He
was also in the habit of interrupting his singing, sometimes
even in the middle of a word, in order to tell the
story or make a comment on it, and then would resume
the singing where he left off. The words to his songs are
not given below in fuU, but are simply summarized with
a hope of catching the meaning. Letters indicate each
musical phrase.
A
B
0
P
Q
R
s
T
U
V
X
A
B
C
qe'a [daylight]
'aha
ha 'aha
'aha qe­
'a [daylight]
qe'a [daylight]
'ihi
'aha ya
qe'a [daylight] 'aha he
'eye qe-
-'a [day-light] 'aha
Stanza 1st
qe'a [daylight]
'a
'idji [your hands?]
Introduction
A
B
C
Stanza (repeated)
qe'a [daylight]
'aha 'aha
'idji [your hands?]
Stanza 1st
D yisa [soon] D
E gi [perhaps] E
F we'e {or ye) F
G da {or daha) G
H Nas [Nass] H
I cax [at head of] I
duwa-
J -'uwu [was] qe- J
K -'a [daylightl K
L 'a L
M 'a de [to it] M
N keni- N
O -gut [went up] yel O
[Raven]
P 'ehe 'ehe
P
Q 'aha 'aha
Q
R qe-[s^ea^s]-a' [dayhght]
R
S [speaks]
S
T 'aha 'aha da
T
U
V
X/ 'aya
qe'a [daylight] 'edja
yi {or ye) qe'a [daylight]
U
V
The structure of the song is:
Introduction: A B
Stanza (repeated)
qewu [gewu, net ?]
gi [perhaps] 'ehs
Nas [Nass]
cax [at head of]
duwa-
-'uwu [was] qe-
-'a [day-lightl
'a-
-cdjit-de [to his
hands]
ki-da
nik yel [Raven]
[speaks]
'aha
qeya [daylight]
'Uii
'aha [speaks]
qe'a [dayhght] 'i 'eya'a
qe'a [dayhght]
X/ 'a hutca\ "That's
aU!"
O P Q R S T U V X
Stanza (1st): A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T U V X /
(2d): ABCF*G* H I J K L M N
O [P] Q R S T U V X/
In the repetition of the stanza. Phrases F* and G*
take the place of Phrases D and E-F, at least as far as
the meaning is concerned. Instead of Phrase P, Frank
Italio spoke. This song is very unusual in that the
Introduction is not a refrain, but is like an abbreviated
stanza, Avith some meaningful syllables. It departs from
the structure of the stanza by omitting 12 phrases.
McAUester comments that the song "is notable in this
coUection for the looseness of its construction. The
phrase letterings are approximations, for the most part;
the text is as much a clue to resemblance as is the
melody." However, the words are lengthened by extra
syUables and are often split between two phrases.
SONG B (1952, 7-2-B)
The version of this song recorded in 1954(2-2-E b)
is so similar to that sung in 1952, that it seemed unnecessary
to publish the score, especiaUy as it is incomplete.
In this song, the structiu-e of which appears at first