Show the songs of ike NaTa Joe with the phonograph wo may not down what is exactly the sequence in original bongs in the land of sunshine Sin shine is an article entitled songs of the Nava joes and there are notes of the music as recorded on the phonographic cylinders accurately scored mr john comfort fillmore writes i from the standpoint of the so student of folk bong all these aings which I 1 have had the opportunity to study are extremely interesting this interest too is of several different kinds the Nava joes liko all other makers of folk music use their songs as a medium of poetic and emotional expression and it is very interesting to note the quality of melody they employ for this purpose one may note the range and kind of intervals the hind of rhythm and meter and the quality of tone which these people find appropriate to tho expression of certain ideas and feelings in song A comparison of the navajo bonga in these particulars with the corresponding songs of other tribes and races would bo a knost interesting ethnological no eludy ns the innermost life of all our aboriginal tribes is embodied in their so far as I 1 know all their prayers and of religious feeling find outlet in bong so do all the deeper social emotions and the historical records of the tribes the traditions of boblo deeds the memories of good and bad fortunes received at the hands of the gods all are recorded and handed down in the bongs of the various |