Look There's a Moon (Lullaby)

DESCRIPTION: "Look there's a moon, it shines tonight, Kowhiti, kowhiti, whitireia, Now your mama will hold you tight... She'll sing you, orirori, She'll bring you, kawe mau, to sweet sleep." Mother will guard baby, so baby should close (his) eyes
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2004 (Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry); supposedly composed in the 1830s
KEYWORDS: lullaby nonballad mother foreignlanguage
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 31, "Lullaby" (1 text, 1 tune, plus a classical guitar accompaniment!)
File: Col2031

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