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Hamspek Tsaxała

Hamspek Tsaxała - KWAGU’ł SONG, TAUGHT BY BIG GRANNY – AGNES CRANMER SUNG BY CHIEF BILL CRANMER

Kwak´wala

(Chorus)
Ham-spek kas-wey-ey (2x)
Ha’mai ha mey-ey (2x)
ha’mai
(sing chorus 2x)

English

 
(Poles with all the mouths all over it)

Kwak´wala

(Verse)
Laamx-da-nu’xw La’es-ta-lisalax
gu-kwas baxw-ba-kwala-nuxw’siwe’
kasa-wey
(sing verse 2x)

English

 
We have been to the land where
the man-eater at the North-end-of-the-world
house is

Kwak´wala

(Chorus)
Ham-spek kas-wey-ey (2x)
Ha’mai ha mey-ey (2x)
ha’mai
(sing chorus 2x)

English

(Poles with all the mouths all over it)

Kwak´wala

(Verse)
Laamx-da-nu’xw La’es-ta-liłalax
gu-kwas baxw-ba-kwala-nuxw’siwe’
kasa-wey
(sing verse 2x)

English

We have been inside of the house of the
man-eater at the North-end-of-the-world

Kwak´wala

(Chorus)
Ham-spek kas-wey-ey (2x)
Ha’mai ha mey-ey (2x)
ha’mai
(sing chorus 2x)

English

(Poles with all the mouths all over it)