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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1161
C 'a qinia 'i dji qaxixa—Near it your hands
miss (it)
D 'ax 'ii-key hu-wey, 'a ha, hu wa ha, 'a mm a—
My brother, (etc)
Refrain
[At the end, she hesitates, hums, attempts to sing the
words of Stanza II (na ya qa 'i hi hi, etc), but
forgets them so repeats the Refrain. Then talks.l
Stanza I (3d)
[Words the same as the first time: A, B, Cl
D 'ax kak din-ni-ni, ha ha, 'a ha ha—
Refrain
The structure of this song is:
Refrain: A B C D (repeated)
Stanza I: A
Refrain:
Stanza I:
A
A[^]
A
B C D
C
C
B C D
D
D
Refrain: A B C D
(repeated, with shghtly different
words)
[talks]
(repeated with slightly different
words)
TluknaxAdi or K'^actqwan Song: Lament for the Crane Canoe
1954, 1-2-E; recorded by Charley White and Frank
Dick on AprU 9.
This song is claimed by both the Tl'uknaxAdi and
Kwackqwan sibs (see p, 454), It apparently mourns
those (TluknaxAdi ?) who were kUled in a war with
the GanAxtedi of ChiUiat (p. 274).
Frank Dick introduces the song in Tlingit (1:33
minutes), Charley White accompanies the song with
the drum, and both sing. There is a refrain foUowed by
a single stanza sung twice (2:50 minutes). A second
stanza was not sung because the singers were uncertain
of the words.
The title of the song is 'Song about the Crane Canoe'
(dul yak'' daciyi). When I attempted to secure the
words to the song, what was dictated to me was more
in the nature of an explanation:
kawduwatex dul yak''—All smashed up, the Crane
Canoe,
'awa 'at 'adAx—They went away from there,
dul yak'' tcA 'at-tAn—The Crane Canoe is still there.
The words as heard on the tape seem to be:
A
B
A'
B'
C
D
E
F
X
Refrain
ta wa ya he
'e ya 'e yE
ya 'e ya 'e
'e ya 'e yE
ya 'e ya he
'e hi ya'' 'e hi
ye he ya he ya he
'e-i ya he he
ya hi 'a
Stanza (sung twice)
A tea wa ca yu [tcA wasA yu]—Where (there?) is that
B dul yak" yehe—Crane Canoe (yehe)?
A' 'ayi ka-xayi—Below there (?) it was paddled (?)
B' tea du wa'a tina [tcA duwa 'atinl—There it
remains
C ha da de [hadade]—Behind the mountains,
D ckax 'ani ctakde ye— -?-
E ya ha ya he ya he
F 'e-i ya he he
X ya hi
The drum beats are rather free.
The structure of the melody is:
Refram: A B A' B' C D E F X
Stanza: A B A ' B ' C D E F X (twice)
Traditional TluknaxAdi Song: Lament for the Raven Post
1954, 3-2-H; recorded by Mrs. Frank Dick on May 17.
This is a very old sib potlatch song, caUed 'Song
about the Raven House Post' (yel ga^ daciyi).
The singer gave an introduction in Thngit (35
seconds), in which she mentioned her younger sisters
Cax kiki 'ayu). The song itself, with Refrain, Stanza I
(sung twice). Refrain, and Stanza II (sung twice),
lasted 3:40 minutes. The words as dictated and translated
by the singer are:
Stanza I
nahhac—[The pole] drifted away,
lew wAnu—The sandbank falls down.
3 Hesitation here.