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I. Cradle Songs. 70

70.

Ala q'gug'gaa'-i, ala q'gug'gaa'-i.

I used to see it, I used to see it.

DA n'gaga la'ahao t!aog's gd'gaas hao gut at

Your house to I copper used for making boxes now each with other

gatkdagA'diesi al 1 dA k'a k'nlgalugani.

make a noise by knocking against with you news of goes about as you move about.

Ala q'gug'gaa'-i, ala q'gug'gaa'-i. (an indefinite number of times).

I used to see it, I used to see it.

DA' n'gaga la'ahao mal'lga-i lga'djudia's (so) a'l dA

Your house in cranberry-bushes, grew of you

k'a k'nlgAlugan.

news of goes about.

Ala q'gug'gaa'-i, ala q'gug'gaa'-i.

I used to see it, I used to see it.

I used to see it, I used to see it.

News went about that boxes made of coppers in your house sounded as they knocked one another.

I used to see it, I used to see it.

News went about of cranberry-bushes growing in your house.

I used to see it, I used to see it.

Footnotes

47:1
Equivalent to at ("with").

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