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Matthew's Tune
03:48
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Te Reo
Taringa tū ki te rangi, taringa areare
ki te whenua,
Taringa whakarongo, kia rite, kia rite,
kia mau…..hi!
Taka ka taka, taka ka taka,
Ka taka te Mōtoi,
E kapo ki nga whetū,
E kapo ki te marama,
E kapo ki te ata o taku raukura kua riro,
Kimihia rangahaua kei whea koe kua
ngaro nei, I aua!
Tēnā kua riro ki Paerau, ki te huinga o
te kahurangi ka oti atu koe e…
I aha I aha I aha
taku tino rangatiratanga
E maumahara tonu ana
Ka whati rā ia taku Mahuri Tōtara
Mate atu he tētē kura,
Aramai ra he tētē kura.
English Translation
I hear the sounds above, I listen to
the sounds below,
Listen all, get ready, get ready, Take stance…..Hi!
To fall, to fall, The precious *Mōtoi has fallen,
Will no longer see the stars and the moon,
My precious *raukura will never be seen again,
We seek and search for answers, why have you left us!
Farewell to your final resting place of Paerau, where chiefs come together and you will be at peace.
(beat)
I am within the realms of chiefs, my ancestors.
I will always remember
My Mahuri Tōtara,
Where one has fallen, Another is ready to takes its place.
*Motoi – Earring / Precious plume liken to the passing of someone.
*Raukura – Precious feather.
*Mahuri Tōtara – Totara sapling.
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Lost In The Ether
03:35
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(You have one new message)
Farewell my bonnie boys and girls
You're lost in the ether
You're lost to the world
Is this the same planet, can you hear me or see me?
I'd like to talk too you, take a walk with you
Run in the sun or just gaze at the stars
(Add photo. Send)
But it's farewell my bonnie boys and girls
You're lost in the ether
You're lost to the world
As the earth keeps on warming, the cat plays piano
The fat man keeps dancing and the baby keeps laughing
The dog runs around, just chasing his tail
(Laugh out loud)
But it's all bread and circuses
Wired with no connection
It's all bread and circuses
In a world where nothing is real anymore
So it's farewell my bonnie boys and girls
You're lost in the ether
You're lost to the world
Your friends are all virtual, you're faced and you're booked
You're streamed and you're posted, you're linked and you're webbed
You're hashed and you're tagged... but nobody's home
So it's farewell my bonnie boys and girls
You're lost in the ether
You're lost to the world
Farewell my bonnie boys and girls
(Unfriend. Delete)
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There's a cloud overhead
It's so black and yet
There's a space where the sun still shines through
There's a place in our hearts
It's so light and so dark
A small candle it burns just for you
And the words of this song
They're so right They're so wrong
But I know that you'd understand
It's a verse or a prayer
It's a sad little air
And a jig from the boys in the band
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Florence Rose
02:23
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WHERE THE MUSIC GOES
There's a secret place for the notes of grace
That fall from frets and bows
Only those that pluck the strings of hearts
Know where the music goes
And if music be the food of love
With the best of friends I've dined
The wine we poured a minor chord
Played on the strings that bind
For the cup we share and the empty chair CHORUS
For old friends and the new
For those who've gone, we'll still play on
And raise a glass or two
So you Shanty men strike up again
And make the rafters roar
We'll shed a tear for the balladeer
With his songs of love and war
There's a battle anthem stirs the soul
There's an aire to sooth the heart
There's a song to steer the sailor home
There's a voice for every part
CHORUS
Let the fiddle sound another round
Of polka reel or jig
In a room out back for the beer and the craic
Or the bright lights and the gig
We'll play and sing the rights of spring
To welcome queens of May
On floors of straw or the halls of Lords
We'll welcome in the day
CHORUS
We'll sing again of working men
And old ghosts we have laid
Of maids who wait by shore and gate
And pipers who must be paid
For the singer's gift of the third and fifth
The verse and chorus line
The chosen key of harmony
And those that play in time
CHORUS
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For me this is the story of a rich man who is known by all.
This rich man; his weakness his pride.
His pride much more that than of any common man.
The common feature in this life however… was that his sole, the sole on his shoe was made of leather.
Although he placed himself higher than the common man and disliked involving himself in conversations, he didn’t know that the cobbler’s shop was at the very end of the seventh road.
He lacked the ability to find the cobbler all by himself, so he had to ask various common folk for directions.
This angered him and exposed his worst sin. The seventh sin.. pride!
The experience gave him time to realise that in fact he was no better than any other man. He was in fact an equal man.
By the time he got to the cobbler’s shop to have his sole repaired, his sole had worn thin. But with this, he had to come to realise that he must in fact be humble, because the soles on his shoes are no different to any other man’s. He is but an equal man!
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When the cards were dealt in your hand
Was it luck or could you see?
When it was time for you to place a bet
Did play or did you read?
When you threw a hook in the ocean
Was it chance or could you feel?
When you sailed over that special spot
Was it a fluke or memory?
It’s just the way the cookie crumbles
With all of us our crosses to bare
Is fate or is there a reason?
Should we even question should we dare?
For all the lives that you may of saved
Is there not some sort of trade?
Is it just the way the cookie crumbles?
Or are there laws that must be obeyed?
When you through your net in the river
Did they come or did you call?
Was luck or was that skill ?
Or was it none of that at work at all?
It’s just the way the cookie crumbles
With all of us our crosses to bare
Is fate or is there a reason ?
Should we even question should we dare?
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UZBLOKES Wellington, New Zealand
UZBLOKES are Pete and Jon.. 2 ex -pat north country poms and young Fil, an Ozzy fella.. We all live on the Kapiti coast of North island New Zealand. We play trad Irish / English / Scottish tunes and songs plus produce / record our own stuff. Instruments include Guitars, Bouzouki, Scottish pipes, electronic chanter , whistles, melodaphone, didgeridoo and we all attempt a bit of singing! ... more
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