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I. Cradle Songs. 56

56.

hyyaha, etc.

Q!t g'atg dA tc'nga a L! dA'lgns L dA g'dAgn

Passage through to you guests come here when you used to dance

gaa' dA gtg'A d gdAa'owus d ku'ngansa.

like you to be dancing (etc.) you thought to be so you cry for it.

LL ga g'dAgn gaa' wA'ga ge'daowus.

Olden things times were like that way it is now.

XA'ldA d'gans xA'nhao gu'lxa ls d'gaxida.

Slaves even (common people) own even abalone-shells good begin to own.

hiya, etc.

hyyaha, etc.

You cry because you want to dance as you used to when guests came through the strait 1 to you.

It is not now as it was in olden times.

Even slaves (that is, members of other families besides the Yaku g'tna-i) are beginning to own good abalone shells.

hiya, etc.

Footnotes

39:1
The strait is probably Skidegate Channel.

utra se spava duze sutra te drugi sluze| utra se spava duze sutra te drugi sluze
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