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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1261
A
B
C
D
Refrain (sung once)
yau 'a-e ya 'a yu
'a ye 'e yau 'a-e
yawa yu ha we 'e ya hawe he
ya he yu ha 'e heya
ha 'e ye ya ha hu ha ya ha ya
ha-e 'e ya-'a 'u
'a he 'e ha 'a he 'a hu ha ya
'ani 'a he ya hedel [spoken] "To the beginning!"
Stanza II (sung twice)
A hutli nawu yel gak^i[t6]?—(The-last-of ? the
hquor Raven ?)
yidat-a hande tlita—Now this-way (give!)-?-
B
C
D
ya 'ituwu ha lu-k^'a—Your feelings us to-pity(?)
(yi ya) [on repeat]
ha di ya-AtAi xati—Our chUdren -?-
'i yi kAt qu tlita 'idat 'aya—For you not to-be-
[tsu]?
lonesome (?) now
'ai yi ya ha
'ahe 'a ha 'ahe 'ahu haya
'ani 'a ye-e tcuye! [spoken on first time] "Again!"
[Ends:]
A yau 'a-e ya-au 'au (first phrase of refrain).
The structure of the song seems to be: A B C D for
each part, plus A for end.
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