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Tables of Contents for Songs of Kaumatua
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
ix
Foreword
x
Kino Hughes
1
2
People of Tuhoe
3
8
The Music
11
4
Song Categories
15
4
THE SONGS
Ritual chants before speaking
Moe araara, moe araara (Sleepers arise, sleepers arise)
19
3
Ko wai ra, ko wai ra te tangata (Who, oh who are the people)
22
3
Tihe uriuri, tihe nakonako (Sneeze darkly, sneeze deeply)
25
3
Kotia te pu (Cut the base of the tree)
28
4
Toia, toia mai ra a Tainui, Te Arawa, Mataatua (Haul, yes haul Tainui, Te Arawa, Mataatua)
32
5
Tangata whenua and manuhiri
Toia te waka e (Haul the waka)
37
3
Tera te haeata whakakau ana mai (See the dawn coming up)
40
3
Naku taku reta pohiri (I have sent out my letter of invitation)
43
2
No wai te kiki poti (Whose is the kick-boat)
45
2
He aha ra te mea i tumu mai nei (What was cooing up there)
47
4
Akiaki, akiaki (Pounding, pounding)
51
2
Takiri mai ko te ata (Dawn springs up)
53
6
Songs relating to early events
Tera rau o iwi (Multitudes of people there)
59
4
Taku turanga ake i te kopai (I stand up by the wall)
63
5
Te rongo o te tuna (News of the eels)
68
6
Ka hua ahau ki te koha (Who is it for, I wonder, this lightning)
74
3
Te po, te po (It's night, night)
77
3
Haere ra, Te Aharu (Farewell, Te Ahuru)
80
3
Sung laments
Taku piki kotuku e (My kotuku plume)
83
3
Tera te whetu taukapo ana mai (See the star flashing)
86
5
Taku rakau e (Oh my weapon)
91
5
Kaore hoki, e, toku raru (What grief I feel)
`Ore te mokemoke (I'm so lonely)
96
5
Tenei ka noho I te kopa whare (Here I sit in front of the house)
101
6
Recited laments
Taku manawa e kakapa nei (Oh my heart beating here)
107
2
Tikoki ra, tahuri ra (It's unsteady, it overturns)
109
2
A, e kapo ki te whetu (Oh grasp at the stars)
111
2
Ka horo e, ka horo e (Fallen, fallen)
113
2
I hoki mai koe, e Te Whenuanui, ki te aha (Why come back, Te Whenuanui)
115
5
Songs of love and longing
Kaore te aroha o taku nei manu (How the longing I feel for my bird)
120
3
Tera Tariao ka kokiri kai runga (See where Tariao is rising up)
123
5
Kaore te roimata, e, ka awe i aku kamo (Oh how tears blur my eyelids)
128
3
E taka pitonga (The wind turns to the south)
131
3
Moe hurihuri ai taku moe (I toss and turn in my sleep)
134
3
Whakawairangi ai oku nei mahara (My thoughts are distracted)
137
5
Taku aroha (How I long)
142
4
Tiketike rawa mai Te Waiwhero (Te Waiwhero is too tall)
146
6
Tirohia ake nga whetu (I look up at the stars)
152
3
Engari te titi e tangi haere ana (The titi that call as they go)
155
6
Songs addressed to young people
E tama, naku koe i kimi (I sought you, my son)
161
3
E Pare e moe nei (You're sleeping, Pare)
164
7
E takoto ana ahau i taku moenga (I'm lying on my bed)
171
5
Songs associated with Te Kooti
Ka tu au, ka korikori (I stood up and I acted)
176
5
Petera ma e, kia mau (Petera and you others, be constant)
181
4
Te ao o te parera e rere poupou ra (Grey ducks flying up above)
185
8
Takoto rawa iho ki Te Po (As I lay, down in Te Po)
193
6
Pinepine te kura (The treasure is small)
199
10
E pa to reo (Let your voice be heard)
209
4
Tera te haeata hikitia (See where the dawn is lifted up)
213
4
Kaore te korero (Alas for the words)
217
6
Poi songs
Hua ai, hua ai (The poi, the poi)
223
2
Taku ripene pai (My pretty ribbon)
225
3
Birds' songs
Te kaka e rere atu ra (Kaka flying over there)
228
3
Ka kotahi ti
231
3
Pao
Patu ai i te rihi (Hit the dish)
234
2
Uru mahoe (A clump of mahoe)
236
3
Haere atu au (I'll set out)
239
3
The Second World War
Hikohiko te uira (Lightning flashes)
242
2
Kuini Riripeti ka tangi te wihara (The Queen Elizabeth blows her whistle)
244
4
Te Kapo-o-te-rangi's patere
E noho ana ano i te koko ki Ohiwa (Sitting by the Ohiwa harbour)
248
9
Notes on the Texts
257
11
Notes on the Songs and Transcriptions
268
4
References
272
2
Illustration Credits
274
1
Glossary
274
1
Index of Song Types
275
1
Index of Maori First Lines
276
1
Index of English First Lines
277
1
The CDs
278