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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1165
2-2-A
6-2-A
(rep)
2-2-A
6-2-A
(rep)
Stanza I
hini cak xenayi hi-itc-dji geuAxa
hini cak xeuAyi kite genaxa
ya hini [etc.]
ke 'aguwut de xixt6a hi-ya, ya-ha
keyawa-at di xixtc de 'aya ha ha ya
keya 'at di xixtc-e 'aya ha-w
2-2-A 'adji gehede xawE tcA duwa 'axa
(rep) 'akitc (etc)
6-2-A 'akitc gede 'axa wetcA duwA 'axa
(rep) (as above,,,.) 'atca
2-2-A 'At qugaq 'Asikudjina 'i hi hi ya 'aya [*] 'a ha
(rep) (as above...) 'aya ha
6-2-A 'At qugaq sikudjina-ihi 'iya 'aya ha ha [*]
(rep) (as above)...) -i 'iya 'aya [*]
2-2-A
(rep)
6-2-A
(rep)
Stanza II
de 'ax daia 'asgihe yAx 'uwa 'a-ha-ta-ha
(as above) 'asgEhe (as above...)
'a ya de 'ax daxaci 'eyex 'uwa 'Ada
'a ha ya de, 'ax daxasgE (etc..)
2-2-A 'askuha-at nice yixiya, 'a ha, hutci 'a he
(rep) (as above...) hi-i-ya (as above...)
6-2-A 'acquha nicehi, ya ha ya, hutci 'aya
2-2-A
6-2-A
'ax kahak 'Adjit dzigita de 'awlixatc [^]
'ax kelk 'Adjit djigida de 'awlixatc
2-2-A 'ax tuwu, 'i hi hi ya, 'a ya ha hm hm,
(rep) (as above...) 'a ya
6-2-A 'ax tuwu 'i hi, 'i ya ha ya
(as above...) 'i ya, 'a ya ha ha u mm hutc!
The melodies of these two songs are different, even
though to the singers there was simply one song.
The structure of 1954, 2-2-A is:
Refrain: A B C D E F X Y Z
Stanza I: A B O D E (F)XYZ
A B C D E (F) X Y Z/
Refrain: A B C D E F X Y Z
Stanza II: A (B) C D E (F) X (Y) Z
A (B) C D E (F) X (Y) Z/
The structure of 1954, 6-2-A is:
Refrain: (confused)
Stanza I: A B C D (repeated)
Refrain: A B C D
Stanza II: A B C D (repeated)
The shorter musical phrases of 1954, 2-2-A, actually
break up words; the longer phrases of 6-2-A correspond
more accurately to the natural divisions of the sense.
The correspondence between the two is:
2-2-A: A, B
C, D
E, F
X, Y,Z
6-2-A: A
B
C
D
Teqwedi Song, Attributed to Men Lost when Getting Green Paint Stone
1954, 6-1-1; recorded by Nick MUton on May 12.
This is a traditional song, supposedly composed and
sung by one of the Teqwedi men who had taken green
paint stone and were now in danger of drowning (see
Swanton, 1909, Tale 17, p. 46). Nick MUton told a
story similar to Swanton's. The men had been sea otter
hunting and landed at a place caUed NexintE-'At'Ak-'an,
and took some green paint stone from the beach. On
the way home, a storm arose, and one of the men,
instead of throwing away the stone, tied it to his hair,
and composed this song, Nick MUton believed that he
drowned. It is to be understood that taking the precious
stone was a tabooed act, which roused the storm in
consequence (cf. pp. 69, 416, 806).
Only one stanza was sung, foUowing the refrain
(1:38 minutes). Nick MUton accompanied himself on
* Clears throat or coughs.
5 Frank Italio's version refers to 'my uncle' Cax kak), while
his sister's version refers to 'my nephew' Cax kelk) who drowns.
the drum. He had forgotten the second stanza. The
words as he dictated them were:
guuAx SA yAudwu q"Ali 'At
de yak" 'iyixqagut
tcAyA ±Ax qu'A
A free translation would be: "Where am I going
with the canoe? Straight out into the ocean I'm going
with the canoe."
Swanton (ibid.) writes: "Then the eldest, who was
steering, began to compose a song about the course he
was taking: 'Which way shall I steer the canoe, straight
out into the ocean or straight on to the shore?' "
As sung, the words are:
A
B
C
D
ha ya hiya hi 'i-hi ya
'i-hi 'i-ya-ha hi -m-ya,
'a ha 'a-ha, 'a, 'i-ya ha
'i-hi 'i-ya ha ha ya, 'a,
Refrain
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