I. Cradle Songs. 4
"QA'GIALS Q'Gawa-i.
[The following cradle-songs for boys and girls are said to have been sung in the sequence here given when sung at potlatches; at least, the position of the last one was fixed.]
("For Boys").
4.
'+yaa+ '+yaa+ '+yaa+ +yae a'+ya,
Be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful,
A+ldja'o-gaa a+ldja'o-gaa 'ya 'ya.
One who is a noble-man, one who is a noble-man, be careful, be careful.
L g'ida+lA q!a'oxa [s]g'+xAn aq'dji la' aya+ 1
Wherever you sit into that place his head here you ("pl".)
q!aisgd'go q!ai'xas g+ k'djugwa+gasa+.
take off and put away without anything he will rove about.
Aya'+a ldja'o-ga'a gan dA h'dja gadj'gAn.
Be careful one who is a noble-man for you sit as a boy belonging to a good family.
Be careful of him, be careful of him, be careful of him, be careful of him, be careful of him.
This nobleman, this nobleman, be careful of him, be careful of him,
Wherever you sit, take off his head and put it away, or he will travel about without anything (i. e., in poverty). 2
Be careful of this nobleman, etc.
Footnotes
7:1 Aya is equivalent to wa.
7:2 The father of an Eagle girl must give away blankets to this boy's parents, so that he will marry no one else when he grows up. That is what "taking off his head" means. The reference to his poverty is made with mock humility.
[The following cradle-songs for boys and girls are said to have been sung in the sequence here given when sung at potlatches; at least, the position of the last one was fixed.]
("For Boys").
4.
'+yaa+ '+yaa+ '+yaa+ +yae a'+ya,
Be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful, be careful,
A+ldja'o-gaa a+ldja'o-gaa 'ya 'ya.
One who is a noble-man, one who is a noble-man, be careful, be careful.
L g'ida+lA q!a'oxa [s]g'+xAn aq'dji la' aya+ 1
Wherever you sit into that place his head here you ("pl".)
q!aisgd'go q!ai'xas g+ k'djugwa+gasa+.
take off and put away without anything he will rove about.
Aya'+a ldja'o-ga'a gan dA h'dja gadj'gAn.
Be careful one who is a noble-man for you sit as a boy belonging to a good family.
Be careful of him, be careful of him, be careful of him, be careful of him, be careful of him.
This nobleman, this nobleman, be careful of him, be careful of him,
Wherever you sit, take off his head and put it away, or he will travel about without anything (i. e., in poverty). 2
Be careful of this nobleman, etc.
Footnotes
7:1 Aya is equivalent to wa.
7:2 The father of an Eagle girl must give away blankets to this boy's parents, so that he will marry no one else when he grows up. That is what "taking off his head" means. The reference to his poverty is made with mock humility.
