Comment
Recorded from
Ekaterina D'jachkova by
Ljubov' Demina in 1989. The song is related to a popular Yukaghir tale about a hare, see Texts
14 and
15. The song refers to the episode when the hare went to slide down from the snow hills and later escaped.
Translation
(2-1) Hare, hare, it is going up twice and sliding downhill once.
(2-2) Hare, hare, it is sliding downhill twice and going up once.
(2-3) Hare, hare, as lot of us are playing twice on this hill.
(2-4) Hare, hare, it is walking and playing.
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