Tahltan children's songs
A collection of children's songs of the Tahltan people.
贰诲墨诲补
(A call and answer song)
(teacher) Koby ed墨da, Koby ed墨da,
(ed艒ne) J膩ni ast鈥櫮玭, j膩ni ast鈥櫮玭.
(teacher) D奴da ant鈥檈h, d奴da ant鈥檈h,
(ed艒ne) Soga ast鈥檈h, soga ast鈥檈h.
(teacher) Where is Koby, where is Koby?
(ed艒ne) Here I am, here I am.
(teacher) How are you? How are you?
(ed艒ne) I am good, I am good.
Desbedi
Desbedi, desbedi, tl膩n desbet
Table, table, kuji yes膩艂
ked膩 ts瘫en鈥� t鈥櫮� hosts瘫edz瘫i,
Tadet鈥櫮� gah, 艂akedet鈥櫮� dih,
艁edih, 艂edih, tl膩n 艂edih!
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.
贰蝉肠丑腻
(Grandchildren Song, by Regina Louie)
贰蝉肠丑腻 ek奴ne henay膿tl, henay膿tl, henay膿tl
贰蝉肠丑腻 ek奴ne henay膿tl, tl膩ni hudesch膩.
My grandchildren are growing up, growing up, growing up,
My grandchildren are growing up, I really love them.
G奴htsiye Ts鈥櫯峴瘫n膩n
(Ten Spiders song)
艂ige, 艂ak膿, t膩t鈥櫮� g奴htsiye,
艂ent鈥櫮�, 艂艒la鈥櫮�, n膩s艂ige g奴htsiye,
n膩s艂ak膿, n膩st膩鈥櫮�, n膩s艂ent鈥櫮� g奴htsiye,
ts始艒s瘫n膩n g奴htsiye
nehneghos!
One, two, three spiders,
four, five, six spiders,
seven, eight, nine spiders,
ten spiders
are tickling you!