Chinook Songs

Ya, that is good!
Ya, that is good!
That worthless woman
does not like me.

Very unhappy I was
with my wife,
in Victoria.
Nobody
said good-day to us
in Victoria.

Aya, aya!
I have seen
Sitka your country.
Never mind, if I die
now soon.

I don't care
if you desert me.
Many pretty boys are in the town.
Soon I shall take another one.
That is not hard for me!

Nothing shall bother my mind now.
Don't speak to me. I wish I were dead with my sister.

Ya ya,
When you take a wife,
Ya ya,
Don't become angry with me.
I do not care.

I am very glad
when the steamboat comes here.
I think I shall cry
when the steamboat leaves.

I broke down! my dear!
Say good-bye!
to me now.
Always I cry
for I live far away.