Glaser, Elton

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Hunting Song of the Kayak-Paddler

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Volume 3
Issue 4 Fall Article 11
1972
Hunting Song of the Kayak-Paddler
Elton Glaser
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Glaser, Elton. "Hunting Song of the Kayak-Paddler." The Iowa Review 3.4 (1972): 12-12. Web.
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HUNTING SONG OF THE KAYAK-PADDLER 
When I go out alone 
In my kayak 
Singing the walrus song 
Aiy Aiy Aiy O 
When I meet the walrus 
Alone 
Singing his kayak song 
Aiy Aiy Aiy O 
When we hear each other 
Singing 
To the paddle's stroke 
Aiy Aiy Aiy O 
When I lift up my lance 
For the kill 
And we eye each other 
Aiy Aiy Aiy O 
O Walrus, Father, Food and Transportation 
Lay your flippers down 
And your teeth like long knives Wa wa 
O Walrus, Father, Food and Transportation 
Today I have come 
To hunt the seal and caribou Wa wa 
O Walrus, Father, Food and Transportation 
At home a woman 
Rubs herself with fat for me Wa wa 
Aiy Aiy Aiy O 
Aiy Aiy Aiy O 
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