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I join hereto a Greenland Song,Model of a Greenland Song. or Ode, compoſed by one of the Natives, who formerly lived in our Colony, by Name Friderick Chriſtian, upon the Birth-Day of his then Royal Highneſs, Prince Chriſtian, on the 30th of November, 1729, and is as follows.

Amna aja aja, aja aja, &c.] Entry. One Morning as I went out, and ſaw,Annigamma irſigeik, amna aja aja, &c. That Flags and Colours were flying;Arvallirſullitlarmeta: Amna aja, &c. And that they made ready,Opellungarſullarmeta, amna aja, &c. To fire the Guns;Erkaiſeigamig og, amna aja aja, &c. Then I demanded,Tava orkarbigeik, amna aja aja, &c. Why do you fire?Saag erkaiſoviſe? Amna aja, &c. And they anſwered me, becauſe the King's Son'sTava akkyanga, aſſuog Nellermago, Birth-Day was celebrated,Okuine annivine nellermago, amna aja, &c.

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