RECORD ID

3076

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Aborigines of Western Australia; Albert Frederick Calvert

AUTHOR

Not specified

is detimringly fond of music, but it has sorae- timeii the reverse of a. soothing effect upon him, for ioatancfl, when it takes the form of a war song. During 32 THE ADORICINES OF WESTEKN AUSTRALIA. the singing of one of these he ntshea madly up and dowii, stamping and jumping in an ever increasing frenzy. And yet to the eye, when the words of one of these spirit stirring ditties are coldly aot iip in type, there seems l)iit scanty material out of which to get up sc much superheated stettm. Here is a specimen of a well-known war song. " Yu-do daa na Nan-dn danna I (StACoato t) My.eree danDa Ooor doa danua BooD ea-U daii'iia (with.

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1. 01spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive