Hey, Southeast (Alaska) folks: do you know the Boy Scouts song?
An older person in Ketchikan, Alaska sang what they called “the Boy Scouts song” over the phone to me in 2003, and I had no way to audio-record it.
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I didn’t get the Chinook lyrics written down, either, in my excitement 😒
I’ve asked this before (on social media), but now I’ll put it here on my site:
Do any of you from Southeast know this song?
Or know someone who might?
It’s a rare treasure of Alaska folklore…
𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm?
kata maika tumtum? Qu’en penses-tu?
What do you think?
And can you say it in Chinuk Wawa?
Hey! Teach Yourself northern-dialect Chinook Jargon!
And join free Zoom sessions…
Contact me for the Zoom link.
