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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1155
The meaning would seem to be: That Raven brings
daylight for you. Pretty soon he wUl break it out of [that
box].
The structure of the song is:
Stanza I: X A B C D E
X* A B C D" E"
X A4 B3 C3 D4 E4 Xg Y
Stanza II:
Stanza II:
X
X
X^
Xl
A B [breaks off to teU story]
B C D E
A B C D' E'
A5 B4 C4 D4 E4 X5 Y
Stanza III: X A B O D E
X^ A B/ C D' E [breaks off]
Raven Moiety Song: Raven Cries for Daylight
1954, 6-2-B; recorded by Mrs, Frank Dick on May 17.
The singer was Frank Italio's sister, yet this song is
not the same as either of those recorded by Frank Italio,
although the words are simUar to those of Song A. Like
her brother, Mrs. Dick attached her song to the Raven
story, and gave a brief version of Raven's Theft of Daylight
in the Tlingit introduction to the song (1:45
minutes, see p. 862), Frank Dick beat the drum for his
wife. This song, with Refrain, Stanza I (sung twice),
Refrain, and Stanza II (sung twice), lasts 3:14 minutes.
Mrs. Dick had dictated the Tlingit text of the song on
AprU 29, 1954.
As dictated and explained the words were:
Nas cakx quwa 'uwu qe'a ceya—At the head of Nass
was daylight
'adAx du djit kAylAkel'—Untie the box!
du dAtcAnktc—By his grandchUd
wusigax qe'a ceya—Dayhght was being cried for.
As sung, the words are pieced out by many meaningless
syllables.
Refrain
B
C/
/B
D
A
B
he he ya ha ha 'e,
we ya ha ha ha ha,
'i ya ha he he,
ye ya ha ha"", 'a ha,
Stanza I (sung twice)
Nas cax duwa 'uwu—At the head of Nass was
qe'a ceyaha,—That daylight
'i ya ha he he
D
A/
B
C
D
A+
B
C
D
'e ya ha ha ha, 'i ya ha he yu hu
('e ya ha ha ha, 'e ya ha he he)—(on repeat)
'e ya ha"" hm, 'a ya
('e ya ha ha [talks] 'a ha, 'a ha ha) (on repeat)
Refrain
'a he ha
'a ha ha ha ha, 'e ya ha he he,
'e ya ha ha ha, 'e ya ha he yu hu,
he ya ha ha ha 'a ha
Stanza II (sung twice)
'a dac djit kelAkett'a 1-—Out of his hands un-
'adAx djit kAlAketl'-a] I'-a] J / tie it!
du datcAnktc wus-[i]gax-i—By his grandchUd
was cried for
qe'a ceyaha, 'i ya ha he he—That dayhght
he ya ha ha ha, 'e ya ha he yu hu,
'e ya ha ha, 'a ha,
(ya ha h"° m [falsetto] hutt!)—{on repe&t)—"All!"
The structure is:
Refram: B/ C/ /B D
Stanza I: A B C D (repeated)
Refrain: A/ B C D
Stanza II: A+ B C D (repeated, last D haphazard)
The first refrain, as McAUester points out, is made
up of scraps of melody. Then the singer gets into her
stride and the second refrain is nearly complete. The
last musical phrase is cursory.
Traditional K'acliqwan Song: Lament of GudUta'
1954, 4-1-A; recorded by Mrs, Katy Dixon Isaac on
March 29,
1954, 7-2-C; recorded by Maggie Harry and Jenny Jack
on May 25.
This is a traditional song attributed to the Gmexqwan
man, Gudilta', who shot his brother by accident. The
words are in Atna, It is one of the eight sib songs
associated with the migration of the Gmexqwan from
the Copper River to the coast, and is now used by
their descendants, the K'^ackqwan, as a mourning song
at potlatches.
The first recording was made when Mrs. Isaac was
teUing the story of the migration (pp. 238-239). The
song itself lasts 1:25 minutes, ends with sobs. No text
was recorded at that time.