Lyrics
(Maori folk song)
Now up and now down glides our canoe
Onward to Waiariki,*
See, see how the waves part from her prow,
Singing to maunawa.
*The Waiariki is a sub-tribe that have connections at Whangaruru which is on the eastern part of the Taitokerau, New Zealand.” (source)
See also
- Country: Maori (New Zealand)
- Subject: rowing
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Melody: D,E,F#,G,A,B,C’
- Meter: 3
- Rhythm: dotted half notes
- Source: Singing in Harmony,Ginn and Company, 1957
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
