first, although not dead, and Sido is killed by Meuri's brother. Sagaru takes his body home in a canoe.
The songs give the following version:—
1. "Teretere nigo indoti abere Meuri gomoito." ("Sido send teretere [some small birds] go outside along place belong Meuri.")
2. "Sarare babigo nigo wairio maramu Sagara gomorudo." ("Sido send him sarare [other small birds] go along Sagaru.")
3. "Gimae nigo budo wairio nigo gesogeso vowogo babigo." ("Sagaru send him small pigeon: "You go back what place you been come."")
4. "Darimo-darimo babigo nigo Meuri opia gubuto viraia." ("Sido he fight him bushman Meuri along stone club, no kill him proper.")
5. "Nubia uramuro Sido moro nubia wodi sese uramuro moro nubia." (Sagaru wails over Sido's body: "My good husband, all time he long [has been longing after] me, follow me all time, he dead now.")
6. "Madia Dibiri oromo burai saboa maburio maramu sirurarobo." ("Sagaru put him Sido along Dibiri canoe, take him go along other side.")
7. "Madia mo uroburae rirua Sido rirua." ("Small south-east wind take him Sido go.")
Similar songs, although still more fragmentary, refer to Mesede, a legendary character famous as a marksman and also for having a great number of wives, and to the history of a wonderful drum made by a man named Merave. Another serial song tells how the mythical Marunogere inaugurated the moguru ceremony. All the incidents mentioned in these and other songs of the same kind are also related in the folk-tales.
F. Songs occurring in Folk-Tales.
It happened quite frequently when the natives were telling me folk-tales that they included some song in the
