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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1259
Aga'guci duhiwu' ke wududzlyA'q.
At that time his nose up they came to puU.
Stanza II
['agawe hitx]—[For it, aU the houses] (not sung)
A3 'atux yAWAgudiye, qu'a—He went through it
(or them)
B 'ada xa dutci duti—?—
C 'angan wudiqin ya 'ani 'i—"He flew out of the
smokehole."
D 'ya 'ani 'i ya 'ani 'ihi
Swanton's version is:
Aga' antu'x yawagu't dulu'wuga.
At that through the he went for his
time town nose.
AcdjI't
To him
gant
out of
doors
duti'
it was
[given]
wudiqi'n.
he started
to fly.
an
with it
Stanza III
A3 'ayex 'awsine du gutci tuwu—Like that he does
with his Wolf's thoughts
B'l 'angan wudiqin ya 'ani hi—He flew out of the
smokehole.
Cl tcA nau 'idauA 'atunax qu'a—If you drink
whiskey, then
Di hitx tux yaqegut ya 'anihi -"i—Through aU the
houses you'U [feel good enough to] go.
Swanton again:
Aye'x
Like it
An
with it
Anstni'
he now
does to
gant
outside
dogodjiyAqayi'.
his (opposite)
Wolf phratry.
wudiqi'n.
he flew.
W4'sa yulcitl'kMaya tc!A nao gadAuA'.
Why does he not look but whiskey ought to
like himself
drink.
Atu'nAX
After that
ni' tc
about the
whole beach
The structure of the melody is:
Stanza I: A B C D
StanzaH: A3 B C D
Stanza III: A3 B'l Ci Dj
nA'gegut,
you can
wander.
Funny Peace Dance Song: Raven Washes Himself in Vain
1954, 6-1-K; recorded by Mrs. Chester Johnson
on May 15.
This humorous peace song was explained by Minnie
Johnson, who also dictated the text. It would be danced
by the captors of the peace hostage whUe they brandished
imitation weapons shaped like wooden tassels. The
song provoked gales of laughter when recorded. It lasts
only 1:15 minutes, with a refrain and a single stanza
(sung twice).
The words as dictated are:
wasa qunuk yel 'ayu—What's the matter with Raven?
gutci qayat ckawuhcutc—(For the Wolf) he bathes
himself
gusus cq^AlukAt yequnuk—?-
'ican dena qiiwanuga—Alas! -?-
"Poor Raven is acting funny, trying to make himself
white by scrubbing himself."
As sung, the words are:
A
B
C
C
X
Refrain
we-ya-ha 'a-ha we-ya,
we-ya ha 'a' we-ya he-ya,
we-ya ha-ha 'a' we-ya he-ya,
we-he-ya 'a-ha 'a' we-ya he-ya,
[cough] 'e-ye ye 'e-ya.
Stanza (sung twice)
A3 wasa quwanugu yel 'ayu de
B'3 gutci qayat 'ackawulicudja
A3 gusus cq^AlukAt yequnuga
B 'icahan dena quwanugwa'
C we-ya 'a 'a 'a-a' we-ya 'e
(X we-ya 'ah hm) [hutca] (at end)
McAUester comments that the phrases are "ambiguous,"
and "hard to distinguish" because they are "aU
related to each other."
The structure of the melody is:
Refram: A B C C X
Stanza: A3 B; A; B C X
A3 B; A; B C/