Crate R043838626

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First lines of song begin: "E tu te rae tae mai"

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Having researched Māori traditional musical forms extensively in Aotearoa New Zealand, Mervyn McLean secured funding from the American National Science Foundation to conduct a survey in the Cook Islands looking for similarities or insights considering the two nations’ linguistic similarities. This collection consists of the recordings made during the survey in the Cook Islands, predominantly at Aitutaki and Mangaia, from September to November 1967. More than 40 different song...

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First lines begin: "E enua vaine i raro atu | Teiaa mai ra te tara"

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First lines begin: "Taura matira moina evatou | Ei varo kai moko taratara"

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First `Ūte: "E tue e au vaine o aranga | E manoko te tupu ua nei". Composed for a tere party to Aitutaki.

Second `Ūte: "E Tamatoa Ariki e te aru vaine nga mataiapo Arutanga nei | Aue Tamatoa tei akairo i te tiaki i te patireia". Composed for Araura Enua, Aitutaki.

Third `Ūte: "E tu e kake i te marama e apai i te marama | Nei Tioni Erema e apakati e tiare aiata varani". Composed for John Herman.

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Pure, first lines begin: "Ta tamaunu parau | Ta Tavita"

Modern song, first lines begin: "O te tu tei o to matou ai metua | Kakaro i te rangi ka tuku i te ara". Composed for the arrival of Christianity in Ivirua village.

Modern song, first lines begin: "Ta Tamaunu parau | Ta Tavita e". Composed by the singers during the time of Pastor Moe (ca.1955).

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First lines begin: "Miri taua ake nake raro ko Tane ki runga | Ka momoe raua ka pipiri e"

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First lines begin: "Tera te ia i akono ia"

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First lines begin: "E tae atura e Iesu i Iereku"

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First lines of Pe`e begin: "O au teia o Numangatini | E ariki manamana no nga tumu e rua"

First lines of modern song begin: "O au teia o Numangatini | Tei kira i te maiata o auau nui e"