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SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 7
B
C
B
C
Song B (Stanza I)
nit, di ta-ax nte__, 'ei hi hi ya, 'a hu-u,
'O'U, ye-e', ye-e', 'e-, 'aw, ye-ex, yi-, 'a-,
li ta-ax ni te__, 'ei hi, 'i ya, 'a hu ho,
wi-i ye-ex, wi-i ye-ex, 'e-, 'a-, ye-ex, 'i, 'a-A
[Breaks off to speak, before singing Song C]
The structure of the compostition or set of songs is:
Song A (Refram): A A
Song B (Stanza I): B C B C [speaks]
Song C (Refrain): A A A
Traditional CAnkuqedi Lament for Those Drowned in the Yukon
1952, 4-1-D; recorded by Frank Itaho on August 29.
This is a traditional sib mourning song, supposedly
composed by a woman whose relatives were aU drowned
in the Yukon Rapids, when going to the Aiyan chief's
potlatch. WhUe the words are in Tlingit, they were not
recorded at the time of the singing. A full and very free
translation was recorded by Minnie Johnson after a
few words by the singer (see pp. 248-249). The song is in
three parts: a refrain, a long first stanza sung twice,
and a shorter second stanza also sung twice, Frank
Itaho accompanied himself with a cane for a slow beat.
"The beginning of the song is made up of elements
that later appear to be closing phrases in the overaU
structure," McAUester informs me. Therefore, the refrain
as sung may be incomplete.
Refrain
Y ha^a hu, we hehe
(E) 'u wa^a, he-e-e,
F 'e he ya, 'e he-, 'u
G we he, 'e- he hu wa,
F 'aha ya,'e he hu,
G we he-e-e hu wa,
X 'a ha ha ha hu wa,
'a ha^, a ha ya,
Stanza I
A tcu-hu su-u ('A)qa
B 'a-ha wuh-i tca-ha,
C q"a-ha-a, t6u-u su qa-,ha
D 'ux"a wuh-, xa ,dja^ha,—(I give them up)?
E de 'aga-, 'aha yAdi hi, — (Because of it, they
have gone)?
F 'ax kagi-ahe, ahAsa, hi hin sqa, — My uncles, the
water (perhaps)?
G 'a^ha di-hi hu wa, — Went (?)
X 'a [ctuyiticiyi 'eya] (spoken)
na-a 'uwa, ha-a^a^a ya,
Stanza I (repeated)
A tcu su 'Aqa,
B xa-ha-wuti-i dja-ha,
C qa-ha, t6u-u su, qa ha,
D 'UX"A wuh xa-ha, t6ar-ha,
E de 'a ga, 'a^-ha-a diye,
F 'ax kagi, ha-A-sa, hi hin sqa,
G 'a ha ha di-hi huwa,
X 'a ha, ha huwa ha m ma [tl'e hede!] ha.
Stanza II
D'+ ha-gu-'ace , 'ax ka^gi-hi, he ya,—Come (perhaps?),
my uncle
E' ne-el gu ce , he-ye—Come in (perhaps?)
F' 'ax kiki he he, 'e he ya, 'e he hu,—My younger
brother
G
X
we he he, 'ehe hu wa,
'a-ha ha hu a, 'a ha ha ha
[tcuye!] ha ya,
Stanza II (repeated)
D'+ 'a hagu- ce he-he-he-he-he 'ax ka-agi, he-e ya,
E' ne-el gu ce-, e-he
F ax kagi, he ya, 'e-eha,
G we he-he-e-he hu-wa,
X/ 'a-ha-ha hu 'a, 'a ['aya hAsdu 'aliciye 'aya. . . .]
The structure of the song seems to be:
Refrain:
Stanza I:
Stanza II:
A B C
A B C
Y
D
D
D'+
D'+
(E)
E
E
E'
E'
F
F
F
F
F'
F'
G
G
G
G
G
G
X
X
X
X
x/
The singer nearly always interrupted the last (X)
phrases.
CAnkuqedi Mourning Song, Composed by Blind Dave Dick
1954, 3-2-K; recorded by Annie George on May 23.
This lament was composed by Blind Dave Dick of
Dry Bay, a CAnkuqedi man, also known as DAxquw-
AdEn and Qaltiaqe (born before 1870, died before 1916).
The occasion was when his brother Qixutske, and his
sister's son, Qalaxel', died on the same day from drinking
bad liquor (Case 12, p, 604). The singer is the widow