Here is another song; but that you may understand it I shall first have to explain to you what ikupa´ means.
A girl whom another girl loves as her own sister, we call her ikupa´. I think your word chum, as you explain it, has about the same meaning. This is the song:
“My ikupa´, what do you wish to see?” you said to me.
What I wish to see is the corn silk coming out on the growing ear;
But what you wish to see is that naughty young man coming!
Here is a song that we sang to tease young men that were going by:
You young man of the Dog society, you said to me,
“When I go to the east on a war party, you will hear news of me how brave I am!”
I have heard news of you;
When the fight was on, you ran and hid!