Lyrics - Tahitian
(Tahitian folk song)
E e e ma’e maita’i te ‘uru
A tunu ia ‘ama
Pahi te pa’a
Ta’iri’iri e
La u’ au’a e
‘Iriti te hune
E ‘ai te i ‘o
English Translation – The Tree Fruit Bread
This is very good Uru
It must be cooked well
Removes the bark
Clap, clap
It is tender
Removes heart
And eats it.
See also
- Country: Tahiti
- Subject: cats
- Harmony: major & minor /
- Orff arrangements
- Melody: repeated tones / steps, skips, repeats / low do / E,G,A,B
- Rhythm: quarter rests / eighth rests
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- Song with chords, English version (“Kitty Cat”), Lesson ideas for Melody (step, skip, repeat, melodic contour, major and minor), Student copies (Recorder notes E,G,A,B) Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
