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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