. Bulletin. Ethnology. 220 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdlu 124 repeating a familiar melody, expanding some phrases l)y a note or two, condensing others, and repeating other phrases without a cliangc. This rendition was selected for transcription as it is the most regular in tempo. The next song represents the baby as anxious to be at work. Clayoquot J =69 (Catalog No. 1462) No. 118. "I Wish I Was Out on the Rocks" Recorded by Annie Long Tom gjgig=^=a^ ii5= SE^^^ :^. s^ife ^=^ ^ ^ ^ 0 ^ '±^ ±L :^ ii: TRANSLATION I wish I was out on the rocks gathering sidu,"^ the tide is just
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 220 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdlu 124 repeating a familiar melody, expanding some phrases l)y a note or two, condensing others, and repeating other phrases without a cliangc. This rendition was selected for transcription as it is the most regular in tempo. The next song represents the baby as anxious to be at work. Clayoquot J =69 (Catalog No. 1462) No. 118. "I Wish I Was Out on the Rocks" Recorded by Annie Long Tom gjgig=^=a^ ii5= SE^^^ :^. s^ife ^=^ ^ ^ ^ 0 ^ '±^ ±L :^ ii: TRANSLATION I wish I was out on the rocks gathering sidu,"^ the tide is just right. I wish I was gathering crabs, the early morning tide is out. Analysis.—The portion of this performance which was not tran- scribed is equivalent to only a few measures. It resembles the transcribed portion so closely that it seems permissible to base the analysis upon the transcription. This melody has a compass of six tones, with the fourth sharped in each occurrence. More than three- fourths of the intervals are whole tones, which usually occur in con- secutive order. The ascending interval at the close is interesting in connection with the words, which express desire. ^ The sldu was a small shellfish attached to the rocks. The women gathered and boiled them, removing the shellfish from the shell with a small Implement resembling a pin. The shell was lil^e that of a 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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