Emma Ellis' Own Song; to teqwedi-yAtxi'i and kagwantan-yAtx'i
"Emma Ellis introduces the song in Tlingit. She composed it in 1907 when she was 11 years olds, when her father and mother drowned. The first stanza refers to her father's death; the second stanza is addressed to her dead husband and was composed about 1913; the third stanza was improvised...
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | Tlingit |
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1954
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| Online Access: | https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/emma-ellis-own-song-teqwedi-yatxii-and-kagwantan-yatxi |
| Summary: | "Emma Ellis introduces the song in Tlingit. She composed it in 1907 when she was 11 years olds, when her father and mother drowned. The first stanza refers to her father's death; the second stanza is addressed to her dead husband and was composed about 1913; the third stanza was improvised on the spot and sung to FdeL." |
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