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Tahltan children's songs

A collection of children's songs of the Tahltan people.

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(A call and answer song)

(teacher)   Koby edÄ«da, Koby edÄ«da,
(edÅ�ne)     JÄ�ni ast’īn, jÄ�ni ast’īn.
(teacher)   DÅ«da ant’eh, dÅ«da ant’eh,
(edÅ�ne)     Soga ast’eh, soga ast’eh.

(teacher)   Where is Koby, where is Koby?
(edÅ�ne)     Here I am, here I am.
(teacher)   How are you? How are you?
(edÅ�ne)     I am good, I am good.

Desbedi

Desbedi, desbedi, tl�n desbet
Table, table, kuji yes�ł
ked� ts̱en’ t’ē hosts̱edẕi,
Tadet’ē gah, łakedet’ē dih,
�edih, łedih, tl�n łedih!

Hungry, hungry, I'm really hungry.
Table, table, here I come.
Moose meat, I'm going to eat.
Three rabbits, two chicken.
Tasty, tasty, really tasty.

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(Grandchildren Song, by Regina Louie)

·¡²õ³¦³óÄå ekÅ«ne henayÄ“tl, henayÄ“tl, henayÄ“tl
·¡²õ³¦³óÄå ekÅ«ne henayÄ“tl, tlÄ�ni hudeschÄ�.

My grandchildren are growing up, growing up, growing up,
My grandchildren are growing up, I really love them.

Gūhtsiye Ts’�s̱n�n

(Ten Spiders song)

łige, łakē, t�t’ē gūhtsiye,
łent’ē, ł�la’ē, n�słige gūhtsiye,
n�słakē, n�st�’ē, n�słent’ē gūhtsiye,
tsʼ�s̱n�n gūhtsiye
nehneghos!

One, two, three spiders,
four, five, six spiders,
seven, eight, nine spiders,
ten spiders
are tickling you!