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IN THREE PARTS APPENDIX 1309
datuwu qu-'aya—The longing for, so that
tcAldAkAt hAsdu gutc—^AU of these Wolves
djitc gAn An a—May drink it!
tcAldAkAt gutc—AU of the Wolves,
kAn gAcuwu—Let them be drunk!
Pour out the love for Teqwedi-children, so that aU
of these Wolves may drmk. Let aU the Wolves become
drunk.
Stanza II
'A kAt cuwuxixi—On it aU gone
nau yuxiyati [yex 'iyati ?]—The hquor, it is hke.
[Teqwedi-yAtii—omitted]—Teqwedi-chUdren,
'ax t6A kauAx cuwuxixi—I'm not satisfied when it is
aU gone,
'ax tuwasigu—I want
'i'in ?:At wunawu—To die with you.
It is as if the hquor were aU gone, aU gone before I
was satisfied. I want to die with you.
As sung, the composition has two stanzas, each sung
twice, but lacks a refrain, and the whole lasts 2:45
minutes. At the end of the repetition of the first stanza,
Charley White (as song leader) caUs out "hede! hede!"
presumably to indicate the beginning of the second
stanza. At the end he calls "hutcA!" (that's aU).
The words as sung are:
A
B
'Ak-At kA-saA-XA de
Teqwedi-yAtii
Stanza I (sung twice)
C da tuwu qu 'aya
D tcAldAkAt du gutc djitc gAdAuayi ya
E 'aya tcA&At gutc kAn gAcuwu yeu 'eyu 'aha,
F yeu 'ey ya 'ana ye te
he (on repeat)
X ye hani 'aya (This phrase omitted on repeat;
hede! hede! is substituted.)
Stanza II (sung twice)
A 'A k-At cuwAxixi
B nau yex 'iyati
C Teqwedi-yAtxi
D 'ax tcA 'ax: cuwuxi-xi 'ax tuwasigu-wu
E 'i 'i-yin xAt wunawu yeu hey e-u 'ana
F yeu he 'iya 'ana yeu he ye
X ye 'ani ya ha (on repeat: ye 'a hutc A! ni)
Minnie Johnson sang an octave above her brother,
except for one part near the end of the second stanza
(^ on score) where his voice rose an octave and they
sang in unison.
McAUester comments: "The haunting resemblance
of the start of this song to 'O Beautiful For Spacious
Skies . . .' quickly vanishes, but the development in
[phrase] B, and the meter, and the dragging tempo, aU
suggest strong European influence."
The structure is:
Stanza I: A B C D E F X (repeated)
StanzaH: A B C D E F X (repeated)
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Kitty Martin's Love Song for TluknaxAdi-Children
1954, 5-1-B; recorded by Helen Bremner, Louise
Peterson, and Mary Thomas on AprU 25.
Kitty Martin (1895-1920) was the daughter of Jim
and Jenny Kardeetoo, and was therefore K^aclica and
chUd of Teqwedi. She married Martin Abraham,
Teqwedi, but was in love with the latter's nephew,
Sheldon James, Sr. (1896-1955), the Teqwedi son of a
Tl'uknaxAdi father. The latter was, however, already
married, and she went to Juneau. We gather that the
song was composed there. I do not know the K^acliqwanchUd
to whom the third verse was dedicated. Kitty
Martin is said to have sung this song when she was
dying. Helen Bremner led the singing, and was assisted
by the two sisters of the composer.
The song consists of Stanza I (sung twice), Stanza
II (sung once), and Stanza III (sung twice), but was
sung without a refrain. The song lasted 2:03 minutes;
there is a Tlingit conclusion (35 seconds) by Helen
Bremner. The text was later dictated and explained by
Emma Ellis, but differs somewhat from the version on
the tape. As sung, the words are:
A
B
C
X
Stanza I (sung twice)
wanaqatiyitsA ya-ha 'i yeh—What wiU become
of your Raven
kawayix—In space [nowhere]
det6a 'a tcuyiuAq—Indeed, let go [dji-yA-uAq]
'uc Tl'uknaxAdi-yAtxi—If, Tl'uknaxAdi-chUdren?
tlex 'i 'iti litici—Very much she is longing for
you.
ye-u 'a 'e-ye 'i-ya 'am
wu 'a-ya 'a-ni 'a-yA,
The meaning seems to be: "What wiU become of
your Raven, if you abandon her in space, Tl'uknaxAdichUdren.
She longs very much for you."
A
Stanza II (sung once)
t6u cuxsAti ye xawes—I am stiU waiting, thus,
'iyuxatangi x'^a 'axa—To hear you talking,
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