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1298 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 7
Stanza II (sung twice)
A aw e-ye m ye
ya dja lidati xat—?-me
B han de na, Teqwedi-yAtxi
chUdren,
C hut6iyinyisayidjina—For the L
D nagalAtlegu—Shake hands.
'e-ye 'a'^u 'e-ni 'e-ye u 'e
X/ ye-ye [omitted on repeat]
yu
'e—Teqwedile,
your hands
According to the singer, the vocables of the refrain
were "just the humming."
The structure of the song is:
Refrain:
Stanza I:
Refrain:
Stanza II:
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
D
D
D
X
X
x/
X
x/
Dry Bay George's Song for Gmexqwan-Children
1954, 6-2-G; recorded by Mrs Frank Dick on May 17
Dry Bay George, Tl'uknaxAdi and the son of Qatan,
a Kagwantan man, was known as Dulisat'at', Lingit-
'ani-ldna, and Qankida-'ic. He was the older brother of
Dry Bay Chief George, and was therefore born before
1850. He died about 1880, drowned in Bering River,
in the Controller Bay area. This song was composed
for his wife, Mary or Qelke (1836-98), a Qalyix
Kagwantan woman. The song is simUar to the love
songs of T. Max Italio (1954, 5-1-G, p. 1302), and of
Kitty Martin (1954, 5-1-B; p. 1309). McAUester also
notes a melodic resemblance to Mrs. Chester Johnson's
Song for Teqwedi-Children, etc. (1954, 5-1-1; p. 1307).
The singer is the daughter of the composer's brother.
Dry Bay Chief George. She explained that this was a
Haida Mouth Song, which I interpreted to refer particularly
to the structure; Refrain, Stanza I (sung twice).
Refrain, and Stanza II (sung twice). The song lasts
3:03 minutes. In the Tlingit introduction (20 seconds),
explained by Helen Bremner, Mrs. Frank Dick says
that she is going to sing the song composed by Lingit-
'ani-kina ('Above the World'), her father's brother
(sAni). because there was a boy drowned in the Situk
River who was named after him (Conrad Edwards),
and she feels sorry for him. Helen Bremner also checked
the words which I had transcribed and helped me with
the translation.
Refrain
A
B
C
X
A
he ye ha 'e ye, 'e ye ha 'e ye ye ha 'e ye, 'a 'e ni ya,
'e ye ha 'e ye, ye ha 'e ye ni ha na {or ya) 'e hi
ya 'a,
'e ye yu ha 'e ye he ya, 'a ya 'e he ya 'a 'e hyu 'e ye
nu ha ni, 'a ya
Stanza I (sung twice)
ya [»"] hnigit 'ani 'anyAnag'^Al'a—The world is
rolling around
t^u yadaseq'^a—With our breath [or life].
B qa- [or '&] yayide xft wucAdugaxi—Get ready,
have sympathy for one another,
'ayAx siti—That's why.
C 'e ye yu ha 'e ye 'e ya, 'a na 'e he ya 'a 'e hyu 'e ye,
X nam [or yam] ha ni, 'a ya
"The world is rolling around with our breath [life],
therefore let us pity one another."
(A, B, C as above.)
X yau ha^ni.
A
B
C
X
Refrain
Stanza II (sung twice)
ya tlejc [tlAx?] wasiguwu—^Very happy
'Atxasadjaxa guxsayati—It woiUd make me,
Ginexqwani-yAtxi—Ginexqwan-chUdren, [his
wife],
['i] 'ani qaya xat dja—In front of [your] land
XAt wunawu—If I died,
'At kuqacuq''—1 would smile.
'e ye yu ha 'e ye 'e ya, 'a na 'e he ya 'e 'e hyu 'e ye,
yaha,-ni,'ayaya
(yau harni ha m) [on repeat at end].
"It would make me very happy if I should die in
front of your land [or home], Ginexqwan-children; 1
would smile."
The structure of the song is:
Refrain: A B C X [pitch rises K tone]
Stanza I: A B C X (repeated) [pitch up a whole
tone by end of the repeat]
Refrain: A B C X
StanzaH: A B C X (repeated) [pitch up 1}^ tones
by C on the repeat]
10 Here the singer began the second stanza by mistake.