NOW IS THE HOUR (MAORI FAREWELL SONG)
(Based on the songs "Po Atarau" - "Haere Ra" - "Swiss Cradle Song")
(Maewa Kaihan / Dorothy Stewart / Clement Scott)
SUNSET GLOW FADES IN THE WEST,
NIGHT O'ER THE VALLEY IS CREEPING!
BIRDS CUDDLE DOWN IN THEIR NEST,
SOON ALL THE WORLD WILL BE SLEEPING,
AND NOW IS THE HOUR WHEN WE MUST SAY GOODBYE,
SOON YOU'LL BE SAILING FAR ACROSS THE SEA,
WHILE YOU'RE AWAY, O, THEN REMEMBER ME,
WHEN YOU RETURN, YOU'LL FIND ME WAITING HERE,
TRUE LOVERS OFTEN MUST PART,
KISS ME, THEN LEAVE ME TO SORROW!
HERE LOVE, I GIVE YOU MY HEART,
YOU WILL RETURN SOME GLAD MORROW,
BUT NOW IS THE HOUR WHEN WE MUST SAY GOODBYE,
SOON YOU'LL BE SAILING FAR ACROSS THE SEA,
WHILE YOU'RE AWAY, O, THEN REMEMBER ME,
WHEN YOU RETURN, YOU'LL FIND ME WAITING HERE.
Ana Hato - 1927
Ernest McKinlay - 1928
George Nepia - 1935
Gracie Fields - 1947
Bing Crosby with The Ken Darby Choir - 1948
Margaret Whiting - 1948
Buddy Clark with The Charioteers - 1948
Eddy Howard & His Orch. - 1948
Kate Smith - 1948
Connie Francis - 1959
Frank Sinatra - 1962
Marty Robbins - 1963
Charlie Spivak & His Orch.(vocal: Tommy Mercer) - 1948
Also recorded by: Perry Como; Gene Vincent; Lennon Sisters; Burl Ives;
Slim Whitman; Hank Snow;
Wayne King; Bob Ralston; Vera Lynn; Eddy Howard; Pat Boone; Phil
Coulter; Gale Storm; Lawrence Welk;
Horace Heidt; Frank Patterson; Kiri Te Kanawa.
*****
"PO ATARAU" (Original Maori Lyrics)
Pö atarau
E moea iho nei
E haere ana
Koe ki pämamao
Haere rä
Ka hoki mai anö
Ki i te tau
E tangi atu nei
*****
"PO ATARAU" (English Translation)
On a moonlit night
I see in a dream
You going
To a distant land
Farewell,
But return again
To your loved one,
Weeping here
*****
HAERE RA (Original Maori Lyrics)
Te i-wi te, I-wi e te i-wi e
Ta hu-ri mai ra, Te nga-ka-u e
Ki nga ku-pu, O te ro-ngo pai
He o-ra-nga O te i-wi e
Ha-e-re ra, Te ma-nu ta-ngi pai
E hae-re a-na, Koe ki pa-ma-mao.
Haere ra, Ka ho-ki mai a-no,
Ki-te tau, E ta-ngi a-tu nei
(Based on the songs "Po Atarau" - "Haere Ra" - "Swiss Cradle Song")
(Maewa Kaihan / Dorothy Stewart / Clement Scott)
SUNSET GLOW FADES IN THE WEST,
NIGHT O'ER THE VALLEY IS CREEPING!
BIRDS CUDDLE DOWN IN THEIR NEST,
SOON ALL THE WORLD WILL BE SLEEPING,
AND NOW IS THE HOUR WHEN WE MUST SAY GOODBYE,
SOON YOU'LL BE SAILING FAR ACROSS THE SEA,
WHILE YOU'RE AWAY, O, THEN REMEMBER ME,
WHEN YOU RETURN, YOU'LL FIND ME WAITING HERE,
TRUE LOVERS OFTEN MUST PART,
KISS ME, THEN LEAVE ME TO SORROW!
HERE LOVE, I GIVE YOU MY HEART,
YOU WILL RETURN SOME GLAD MORROW,
BUT NOW IS THE HOUR WHEN WE MUST SAY GOODBYE,
SOON YOU'LL BE SAILING FAR ACROSS THE SEA,
WHILE YOU'RE AWAY, O, THEN REMEMBER ME,
WHEN YOU RETURN, YOU'LL FIND ME WAITING HERE.
Ana Hato - 1927
Ernest McKinlay - 1928
George Nepia - 1935
Gracie Fields - 1947
Bing Crosby with The Ken Darby Choir - 1948
Margaret Whiting - 1948
Buddy Clark with The Charioteers - 1948
Eddy Howard & His Orch. - 1948
Kate Smith - 1948
Connie Francis - 1959
Frank Sinatra - 1962
Marty Robbins - 1963
Charlie Spivak & His Orch.(vocal: Tommy Mercer) - 1948
Also recorded by: Perry Como; Gene Vincent; Lennon Sisters; Burl Ives;
Slim Whitman; Hank Snow;
Wayne King; Bob Ralston; Vera Lynn; Eddy Howard; Pat Boone; Phil
Coulter; Gale Storm; Lawrence Welk;
Horace Heidt; Frank Patterson; Kiri Te Kanawa.
*****
"PO ATARAU" (Original Maori Lyrics)
Pö atarau
E moea iho nei
E haere ana
Koe ki pämamao
Haere rä
Ka hoki mai anö
Ki i te tau
E tangi atu nei
*****
"PO ATARAU" (English Translation)
On a moonlit night
I see in a dream
You going
To a distant land
Farewell,
But return again
To your loved one,
Weeping here
*****
HAERE RA (Original Maori Lyrics)
Te i-wi te, I-wi e te i-wi e
Ta hu-ri mai ra, Te nga-ka-u e
Ki nga ku-pu, O te ro-ngo pai
He o-ra-nga O te i-wi e
Ha-e-re ra, Te ma-nu ta-ngi pai
E hae-re a-na, Koe ki pa-ma-mao.
Haere ra, Ka ho-ki mai a-no,
Ki-te tau, E ta-ngi a-tu nei