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The Path on the Rainbow, edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918], at sacred-texts.com
CHINOOK SONGS
SONGS OF THE MAN
I
Ya, that is good!
Ya, that is good!
That worthless woman
does not like me.
Ya, that is good!
That worthless woman
does not like me.
II
Very unhappy I was
with my wife,
in Victoria.
Nobody
said good-day to us
in Victoria.
with my wife,
in Victoria.
Nobody
said good-day to us
in Victoria.
III
Aya, aya!
I have seen
Sitka your country.
Never mind, if I die
now soon.
I have seen
Sitka your country.
Never mind, if I die
now soon.
p. 155
SONGS OF THE WOMAN
I
I don't care
if you desert me.
Many pretty boys are in the town.
Soon I shall take another one.
That is not hard for me!
if you desert me.
Many pretty boys are in the town.
Soon I shall take another one.
That is not hard for me!
II
Nothing shall bother my mind now.
Don't speak to me. I wish I were dead with my sister.
Don't speak to me. I wish I were dead with my sister.
III
Ya ya,
When you take a wife,
Ya ya,
Don't become angry with me.
I do not care.
When you take a wife,
Ya ya,
Don't become angry with me.
I do not care.
IV
I am very glad
when the steamboat comes here.
I think I shall cry
when the steamboat leaves.
when the steamboat comes here.
I think I shall cry
when the steamboat leaves.
V
I broke down! my dear!
Say good-bye!
to me now.
Always I cry
for I live far away.
Say good-bye!
to me now.
Always I cry
for I live far away.
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