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Iii. Miscellaneous Songs. 101

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Iii.--miscellaneous Songs.

(Masset Dialect.)

Battle-song (gu Sda'S S?'Laa-i) Of The ?ao Sl!an L
'NAG'-i.

101.

'gua Sk'lss l'nag'-i ?ai'ya gag'das h.

Here Sk'lss's town lies.

DA gua g'la d'na-i (repeated four times).

You ? think it good younger brother?

Here lies Sk'lss's town.

Are you pleased with it, younger brother? 1

Footnotes

61:1
The "younger brother" is perhaps a captive or an opponent in battle.
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