I. Cradle Songs. 69

(Songs of Kaisun.)

69.

Qoand'gni qoand'gni k'lsLa-i+,

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief,

DA n'ga ga L!a'hao qoa'ndgn k'lsLa-i+;

Your house in but there used to be plenty, chief;

Qoand'gni qoand'gni k'lsLa-i+,

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief,

Qoand'gni qoand'gni k'lsLa-i+,

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief,

Lgua' nA L! t'nga h'gAgn knd'la wA k!ia'oga g la

While one they came to by canoe, saying h on canoe, great (= chief), waiting for it for that

gg'-galgal.

you cry and move.

Qoand'gni, qoand'gni k'lsLa-i; qoand'gni, qoand'gni,

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief, there used to be plenty, there used to be plenty.

k'lsLa-i.

chief.

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief,

There used to be plenty in your house, chief;

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief;

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief.

p. 47

You cry and move about to see them come by canoe (to the potlatch), great chief.

There used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief;

there used to be plenty, there used to be plenty, chief.

Footnotes

46:1 The child is supposed to call others of his family by aristocratic names, and himself by a low one.