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THIRTEENTH RITUAL, PART IV 



169 



The words of these soujis are few, but the story of each has come 

 down to us, so that we know what they mean. 



THE SONG OF THE BIUD'S NEST 



Words a?i(l Music 



M. M. *y - 



160. 



Graphoplione sounn one fourth lower in pitch. 

 • = Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by KHwin S. Tracy. 



No drum. 



Ho - o-o - o-o! 'Ha - re, 'ha - re, i - ha - re 



'Ha - re, 



E 



'ha 



-r|— t 



mmm 



- ha - rel 



Be 



wha- ka, 'ha - re. 



re 'ha - re, 







AVha-ka 



»^i 



'ha - re, 



' ha - re, 



Re 



wha-'ka 'ha - re, re 'ha - re. 



SOU Ho-0-o-o-oI 



80" 'Hare, 'hare, iha rel 



808 'Hare. "bare, ilia rel 



809 Re wbaka liare, re 'hare, 



810 Whaka 'hare, re 'hare, 



811 Re whaka 'hare, re 'hare. 



813 Ho-o-o-o-o! 



81;^ 'Hare, 'hare, iha're! 



814 'Hare, 'hare, ira're! 



815 Re whari 'hare, re 'hare, 



816 'Whari 'hare, re 'hare. 



817 Re whari 'hare, re 'hare. 



Translation 

 I 



800 Ho-o-o-o-o ! An introductory exclamation. 



807 'Hare, 'hare, iha're! 



'hare, a part of tlie word iha're, young, as the j'ouns of ani- 

 mals. The term is also applied to children. 



iha're, young. The word in the song refers to the young 

 birds as yet unhatched, still in the egg. 



808 See line 807. 



809 Re whaka 'hare, re 'hare! 



re, they. 



■whaka, wha, part of wliako, noise; ka, part, of akaro, inclo- 



sure, dwelling place; ka refers to the shell of the egg and 



to the nest iu which the eggs lay. 

 'hare, young. 

 re 'hare. Translated above. 



810 Whaka 'hare, re 'hare. See line 8U9. 



811 See line 809. 



