. Bulletin. Ethnology. 108 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 90 SECOND GROUP OF FOUR SONGS One of«the dead Apache lingered near the medicine man's house and came in. He was the Apache whom the Papago dreamer had Idlled and he wanted the Papago to know how he felt after death. He rolled a cigarette and motioned the Papago to sit beside him and smoke it. The Apache spirit sang this song. No. 66. "We Smoke Together" Recorded by Sivariano Garcia (Catalogue No. 914) Voice J ~ 58 (1). Roi-iq - ga neli - no - na roi-ir) - ga neli - no - na Fine na -wa -cik i noi-than a mii - da - u - hii
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 108 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 90 SECOND GROUP OF FOUR SONGS One of«the dead Apache lingered near the medicine man's house and came in. He was the Apache whom the Papago dreamer had Idlled and he wanted the Papago to know how he felt after death. He rolled a cigarette and motioned the Papago to sit beside him and smoke it. The Apache spirit sang this song. No. 66. "We Smoke Together" Recorded by Sivariano Garcia (Catalogue No. 914) Voice J ~ 58 (1). Roi-iq - ga neli - no - na roi-ir) - ga neli - no - na Fine na -wa -cik i noi-than a mii - da - u - hii -ma-pa roi-iq- ga nefi-no-na WORDS Roiiqga It was a sad thing nehnona you did to me nSwacik cigarette komoithan smoke mueda inside of you uhumapa piling up FREE TRANSLATION It was a sad thing you did, It was a sad thing you did, But now v/e smoke together, The smoke will pile up inside us. Analysis.—As this song is so short it was possible to record an unusual number of renditions on one phonograph cylinder. Two sets of words were recorded, the entire performance comprising foiu* renditions of the entire song and eight of the repeated portion. This is interesting, as the melodic relation of the first and second measures is unusual. Attention is directed to a comparison of the rhythmic units. After the Papago had been dismissed by the medicine man he wandered so far that it seemed he had reached the end of the earth. There he met Elder Brother. This surprised him greatly as he had not expected to see anyone in that remote and desolate place. Just after meeting Elder Brother he sang this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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