Lyrics - Maori
(Folk song from Tahiti)
Mahana, mahana
Ua hiti te mahana,
Ua taha te mahana,
Ua topa te mahana
Ua pō.
Translation – It’s Daylight
It’s daylight, it’s daylight,
The sun is rising,
The sun is going down,
The sun is setting,
It’s dark.
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- Country: Tahiti
- Subject: sun
- Harmony: I, IV, V, vi
- Melody: repeated tones
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: tritonic
- Tones: l,ds
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
