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1308 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 7
seen that the singer made a mistake in singing the words
for the second stanza, substituting in the phrase C
the words from the first stanza (correcting this on the
repetition).
A
B
C
D
The words (as corrected) are:
Refrain
'ehi yaha 'e 'eya 'aha 'eya
'eyayaha heya 'aya 'eya, (repeated)
'eya 'a heya 'a 'a,
'a 'a 'eya 'a.
Stanza I (sung twice)
A yauAx-a keya 'at 'eya,—From here or there they
are coming,
B Teqwedi-yAtxi heya 'a 'aya,—Teqwedi-chUdren,
B Norwegian-yAtxi heya 'a 'aya,—NorwegianchUdren,
C
D
hutcxu-yax da'at-di heya 'a 'a,—Mixed together
they come.
'a 'a 'eya 'a,
Stanza II (sung twice)
A tuuAx-qaya- duti-yin xa,—A mirror [insidethrough
one's-face to-see].
B' 'iyuwusiti heya 'a 'aya,—I wish you were,
B' Norwegian-yAtxi heya 'aya,—Norwegian-chUdren.
C/ yayu[kA] guxduti 'eya 'a 'a,—Before my face
I wiU hold it up [And see myseK!]
D 'a 'a 'eya 'a hutc!—. . . that's all!
The structure is:
Refrain: A B B C D
Stanza I: A B B C D (repeated)
StanzaH: A B' B' C D
A B' B' C/ D
Mrs. Chester Johnson's Song for Tcicqedi-Children
1954, 5-2-1; recorded by Mrs. Chester Johnson on
June 10.
The tune is an old one, but the words had just
recently been composed by the singer for FdeL, who is
considered to be K'^ackca and the daughter of a
Tcicqedi man, like her namesake, Kuxanguwutan,
Mrs. Katy Dixon Isaac. The composer is CAnkuqedi.
There is a refrain and a single stanza (sung twice),
the song lasting only 55 seconds. The text was dictated
by the composer, and the translation made by Helen
Bremner. As is usual with such dictations, the refrain
and some extra syllables in the stanza were omitted,
but are here given in parentheses.
Refrain
A 'aweya 'aweya,
A/ 'aweya,
B 'aweya 'aweya, 'ani UA 'a,
Stanza (sung twice)
A tE-gun yex (tcA) kuq'^ati,—Like a gold-rock
[yAX?]
you wiU be
A Tci(yi)cqedi-yAtii (xawes),—Tcicqedi-chUdren
(thus)
B'+ deyi -kAx (-a),—For it
[du?]
gil' kuq'^atei—I wiU strike the cliff.
('a 'eya, 'ani 'a)
(Possibly the verb in the first line should be gaquti,
not kuq"ati.)
Xadanek Johnstone's Love Song for Teqwedi-Children
1954, 1-1-E; recorded by Charley White (with drum)
and Minnie Johnson on AprU 8.
The composer was a Teqwedi man (1843-88), the
father of the two singers. This song was composed
before 1885 for his two Tl'uknaxAdi wives, CawAtk
and Qatcqaqet, aunt and mother of the singers. The
women were the daughters of a Teqwedi man, Lusxox
(see pp. 320-321).
Charley White introduced the song in Tlingit (36
seconds). As translated by John Ellis: "He used to
like it—drinking ('At dAna), my father, Xadanek. Just
the way he like it so much (tea 'ade dutuwasigu wltc),
that's why about it he was singing (djeyu 'adatx
cuklAcixIn). He sings about Teqwedi-chUdren. Also very
much he like it (tsu quuAX dutuwasigu). That's the
one I'm going to sing ('aya 'ayu kekAq^aci)."
The words, as dictated by John EUis were:
Stanza I
'A kAt kASAXA de—Pour it on it [in the glass],
Teqwedi-yAtii—Teqwedi-chUdren,