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BINUA SINGER: Nurusia AGE: 21 SEX: Female VILLAGE: TB DATE: Feb. 15, 1966 C.S.: Married This is a lullaby song. After sailing for about a year, my body has become very weak. I am singing to you, my daughter. We suffer from great poverty. It is our fate to lead this kind of life. We do not have mats or hos; we must sleep without clothing. You are a beautiful child, but you are a fickle child also. If I should die, you will cry for me. Mount Bongao is very small,¹ and atop it is the [[underlined]] lagondi[[/underlined]] tree.² If I die when you are young, I hope you will have a good life. _____________________________ 1. i.e. from this distance 2. a tree whose fruit supposedly gives eternal youth to the eater.