Waiata

Our Dustbin

Oh you can’t put your muck in our dustbin,

Our dustbin, our dustbin,

You can’t put your muck in our dustbin

Our dustbin full!

Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar,

Fish and chips and vinegar, pepper, pepper, pepper pot.

One bottle of coke, two bottle of coke,

Three bottle of coke, four bottle of coke,

Five bottle of coke, six bottle of coke,

Sev’n bottles of, bottles of coke.

Snowgum

A white veil spreads around me,

As far as I can see,

It’s pure and soft and clean and bright,

But cold as cold can be.

And carefully woven webs of ice hang sparkling from my leaves,

And  snow rests on my branches,

Like long white velvet sleeves.

I am a lonely snowgum,

I hope each dawn will bring the warming rays of sunlight that mean the start of spring.

The creek lies frozen at my feet,

The rocks are iced like cake,

And from the blue sky high above fall feather like snowflakes.

I twist myself up to the sun throughout these icy days.

I stretch my fingers to her to catch the warming rays.

I am a lonely snowgum, I hope each dawn will bring the warming rays of sunlight that

means the start of spring.

When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bobbin’ Along

I heard a robin this morning,

I’m feeling happy today.

Gonna pack my cares in a whistle and blow them all away.

What if I’ve been unlucky, really haven’t a thing?

There’s a time I always feel happy, as happy as a king.

When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’ along.

There’ll be no more sobbin’ when he starts throbbin’ his old sweet song.

Wake up, wake up you sleepy head,

Get up, get up, get out of bed,

Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red, Live, love, laugh and be happy.

What if I’ve been blue, now I’m walkin’ through fields of flowers,

Rain may glisten but still I listen for hours and hours.

I’m just a kid again, doin’ what I did again, singin’ a song.

When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’.

The red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’.

The red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’along.

Twidlelee didledlelee dee, twidlelee didledlelee dee.

Twidlelee didledlelee dee, twidlelee didledlelee dee.

Twidlelee didledlelee dee, twidlelee didledlelee dee.

Tweet! Tweet!  Tweet tweet!

He rocks in the treetops all day long,

Hoppin’ and a boppin’ and a singin’ this song.

All the little birdies on Jaybird Street love to hear the robin goin’ “Tweet, tweet, tweet.”

Rockin’  Robin, tweet, tweet, tweet

 Rockin’ Robin’. Tweet, tweet, tweet.

Go Rockin’ Robin, ‘cause you’re really gonna rock tonight.

Go Rockin’ Robin, go Rockin’ Robin, go Rockin’ Robin, go Rockin’ Robin!

Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!

Ev’ry little swallow, ev’ry chickadee,

Ev’ry little bird in the tall oak tree.

The wise old owl, the big black crow,

Flappin’ their wings, singin’ “Go bird, go!”

Rockin’ Robin, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet,

Rockin’ Robin, tweet, tweet, tweet,

Go Rockin’ Robin, ‘cause you’re really gonna rock tonight.

Go Rockin’ Robin, ‘cause you’re really gonna rock tonight.

Haere Mai, Everything is Ka Pai!