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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1297
(sung twice). Refrain, Stanza III (sung twice), and
ends with the Refrain, as McAUester comments,
exhibiting a "most elaborate refrain and stanza pattern."
It lasts 3:57 minutes. The pitch faUs a half-tone.
The words were dictated and explained by the
composer, and checked against the tape. None of the
vocables was included in the dictation. Such syUables
or variations that appear in the stanzas are rendered
below in parentheses; meaningful words or syllables
that were dictated but not sung are given in brackets [ ].
A
A
B
C
Refrain
he ye 'e hau 'e-ni ha-ya
'e ye 'e hau 'e-ni ha-ya,
'e yu 'e ya 'e-ye, 'a 'u he 'i
he-yay 'a na 'u he ye-ya, yay ha-ni -'ay-ya
Stanza I (sung twice)
A hut6in yis 'At 'awliqEn(a)—For the last time
I'm looldng at
A 'ax 'ic-hAS 'ani (qu 'aya)—My fathers' land.
B 'adusgi gutc yek'^qagaxle]—What Wolf wiU take
pity [on me]?
(yeu he 'i
C 'i-yay 'a na 'u he ye-ya,
yay ha-ni 'a-ya,)
A
A
B
C
Stanza II (sung twice)
tuwunik 'ax djit 'yAti(ye)—Sorrow to my hands
[to me] you gave,
Teqwedi-yAtxi (qu 'a-ya)—Teqwedi-chUdren,
'ax da kAtin (yi yi) [yu] gudi—When you went
away from me.
(yeu 'i
'i-yay'a na'u he ye-ya,
yay ha-ni 'ay-ya)
(As above.)
A
A
B
C
Refrain
Stanza HI (sung twice)
wasAk'^ce tlel yu yixwadjunk—Why is it I don't
dream about you?
(dja lu-xwadju-un)[on repeat]
Kagwantani-yAtxi (xawe)—Kagwantan-chUdren
[i.e., FdeL].
(qu 'a-ya)[on repeat]
qade dja (hxwaye djuni 'u he 'i)
(xwa dja fiyixwa djuni-i)[on repeat]
[qade dja 1 'ix'^adjuniq]—It's aU right if I don't
dream of you.
'i-yay 'a na 'u he ye ya, yay ha-ni 'ay-ya
Refrain
(A, A, B, as above.)
C/ 'e-yay 'a na 'u he ye [laughs]
Franklin's Deathbed Love Song for Teqwedi-Children
1954, 5-2-D; recorded by Maggie Harry on May 27.
The composer was Maggie Harry's father, a YAnyedi
man, who made this song in 1892 for bis wife, K'^actca
and the daughter of a Teqwedi father. His daughter
learned the song after her father's death, probably
when it was sung at a potlatch in his memory. Although
it was impossible to secure a translation of the words,
this is obviously a love song addressed to TeqwedichUdren,
m which the composer says "good-by for
the last time," as he is dying. For a similar theme,
see Minnie Johnson's version of Blind Dave Dick's
Deathbed Love Song (1954, 3-1-E; p. 1295).
The song is introduced in Tlingit, ending with the
words in Enghsh: "He was dying when he sings that
song."
The song itself, with Refrain, Stanza I (sung twice),
Refrain, and Stanza II (sung twice), lasts 5:25 minutes.
Maggie Harry had sung the song on a previous occasion
(AprU 13), but not for recording, and then the
words seemed to be somewhat different and the stanzas
in reversed order.
A
B
C
D
X
Refrain
'aw 'e-ye-ne ye yu yu-e ye ne ya-ya,
hau 'e-ye-ni-ye ya, yu 'e-ye ni yu ye yau 'e-yeye-ye,
yau 'e ne 'e-ye, yau 'e-ye-ye-ya,
yau 'e-ye hau 'e ni 'e-ye 'a-u 'a-ni 'e-ye-ye yau
'e-yeye,
ye-ye 'a-ni 'a-ye-ya,
Stanza I (sung twice)
A de 'ax tcide, de 'acAndayiyi,—-?-
B 'ax tuwu, Teqwedi-yAtii yu 'e-ye,—My feelings,
Teqwedi-chUdren,
C hut6iyin yisa, good-bye—^For the last time,
good-bye
D yu x^adjana saqa—While I . . . ?
'a^'u 'e-ni 'e-ye-ye yau 'e-ye-ye,
X ye-ye 'a-ni 'a-e-ye.
(With slight variations.)
Refrain