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Songs of the Māori

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Duration
00:13:15
Broadcast Date
[1959]
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Williams, Phyllis, 1905-1993, Singer
National Orchestra of the NZBS, Performer

Four short songs by Phyllis Williams (known as Kirimaemae) accompanied by the strings of the National Orchestra.

- Tau marumaru ko te rā : an action song

As the shadow of evening falls, my thoughts go searching, turning this way and that way, but to avail, in my sleep I see you but when I wake its only a dream, I search the clouds but they bring sad tidings, all is ended.

- Haere ra, haere ra, e taku reta: a love song

- Tangi tīkapa: a song of sorrow, composed by Ruby Marie King of Auckland (Mari Hamutana)

- Taku whakatakariri e: composed by Rangiuia a chief of Ngāti Porou expressing his disappointment at not being allowed to sing overseas by his elders.