“A Tsimshian Song of Welcome to a Chief”
Description
"Ee-ya-ho-ho ee-ya-heh-eh (x2), Ee-eh-yah-ha-ha-ha hee-yah-heh (x2), Ee-yah-ah-ah-ee-ya-heh! Soo-wa-deh-es Gi-da-ra-nit-zeh! (x2)...." "Now we hail or great chieftain! We hail, we hail our noble chief, We welcome him... From the people of Gidaranitzeh!"
Notes
Collected in the 1920s by Marious Barbeau, this song is reported to have been used when a chief came in to join a potlatch ceremony. - RBW
References
- Fowke/Mills/Blume, pp. 6-7, "A Tsimshian Song of Welcome to a Chief" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, FMB006