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Iii. Miscellaneous Songs. 106
Iii. Miscellaneous Songs. 106
p
. 63
Songs Of Derision.
[Songs of this kind were largely in Tsimshian. The following is a translation of one of them, used in making fun of a poor man who pretended that he was a chief
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106.
Laugh at the chief! for, although he is a chief, he has no rattle in his hand.
crescent moon girls crescent lake or
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