. Bulletin. Ethnology. dexsmoreI CHIPPEWA MUSIC 153 Gegobina'mawikgn^ 1 Kawln^ Do not weep Gocu^ Nlnda'nibosi^ I am not Koina; to die This song is widely known among the Chippewa. It is one of the sweetest of all their love songs. In it we do not find the fancy of youth but the deeper love and the nearness of the deeper sorrow. Analysis.—Although this song begins with a downward progres- sion, it is more strongly marked by upward movement than many of the songs. In this and in its plaintiveness lies its chief interest. Reference is made to song no. 200 (catalogue no. 145), in the section on Re
. Bulletin. Ethnology. dexsmoreI CHIPPEWA MUSIC 153 Gegobina'mawikgn^ 1 Kawln^ Do not weep Gocu^ Nlnda'nibosi^ I am not Koina; to die This song is widely known among the Chippewa. It is one of the sweetest of all their love songs. In it we do not find the fancy of youth but the deeper love and the nearness of the deeper sorrow. Analysis.—Although this song begins with a downward progres- sion, it is more strongly marked by upward movement than many of the songs. In this and in its plaintiveness lies its chief interest. Reference is made to song no. 200 (catalogue no. 145), in the section on Red Lake reservation music, which shows a repetition of this song by a singer on that reservation. No. 139. "He Must be Sorrowful" (Oataiogneno. iio) Sung by Ki^osf/wini'ni ("fioon hunter") VoiCK J — 76 Recorded without drum m^^^m^^. m E^^S Gi - na- ni - na-wen - da - mo- dog ga - ni - ci - wa - na - djT - gi - gad =ll2| i ;s me-gwa we-ski - ni - gi-yan e GinanFnaw6n^damodog^ He [or she] must be very sorrowful Ganiclwana^djlgad^ Since he [or she] so deceived and forsook me Me'gwa During We''skinigiyan^ My young days Analysis.—This, like no, 136, may be sung by either a man or a woman. The song is chiefly interesting because of the flatted third as an accidental. The expression of sadness by means of a minor interval is not so characteristic of Indian music as of our 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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