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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.

II

Very unhappy I was
    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.

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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!

II

Nothing shall bother my mind now.
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.

IV

I am very glad
    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.

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