Teacher Lead: Mary Piercey-Lewis
Guest Artist: Nancy Mike & Andrew Morrison
Audio Production: Chris Coleman
Video Production: Vincent Desrosiers
Photo Credit: Vincent Desrosiers
Nancy Mike and Andrew Morrison are part of the highly-praised northern band The Jerry Cans, who have toured extensively across Canada, and are known for their unique mix of Inuktitut, alt-country, throat singing, and reggae. They have been nominated for multiple national awards, and Nancy Mike is a past winner of the Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year prize at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. The Jerry Cans are currently recording their third album
(Lyrics by Lennox Audlakiak)
I lost my talk
The talk you took away
I lost my talk
When I went to school
Ugausira asiujijara
Uqausiq pilaurtait
Niviaqsaangutillunga
Iliktut uqallaliqpunga
Iliktut isumaliqpunga (3X)
Iliktut sanaliqpunga
THROAT SINGING melody based on tune and chord progression of VERSE
Marruunnik uqausiqaqpunga
Tamainni uqaqattaqtunga
Iliktuuqtu pijunnarniqarnirsa
Iliktuuqtu pijunnarniqapnirsa
CHORUS
THROAT SINGING
Uqausira qinirlagu (4X)
Naalagumanngilanga (Won’t you listen to me?)