audio:7039; APSdigrec_1094; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 07
Description
"It came from SE Alaska, and was sung at potlatch for Joe's grandfather who drowned in the Copper River near Miles and Childs Glaciers. His grandmother used to sing it. It was also sung by his brother at the potlatch for the latter's wife who died in childbirth."; Recording identified by Frederica de Laguna at end of subsequently recorded song. See Related Recording.
audio:7053; APSdigrec_1084; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 13
Description
"Maggy introduces the song in Tlingit. Then- 'It's a pretty sad song, this one. I always cry when I sing it, but I'm gonna try to brave enough to sing it.' [Mourning song for those who drown. It is addressed to the dead son. Composed in Chilkat on Bering River by kagwask' about 1860 ? when his brother was lost on a snowslide."
audio:7852; APSdigrec_1334; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 42
Description
"A sorry song from drowned people. (cf. Joe Goodlataw, Chitina, 1954 [APSdigrec_1094]). Chistochina people in 1960 identified this as a Chitina song, Eyak. They don't dance, but stand up and sway from side to side.... Recorded by Jim McKinley (who has reputation of being best singer and dancer at Copper Center) and Martha Jackson, after they had listened to earlier recordings on this reel 8/16/58."