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Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

 

The lines are joined

The living is to the living

The lines are joined

The dead are to the dead

 

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

 

A treasured home can be revisited

A treasured person may never return

A treasured home can be revisited

A treasured person may never return

 

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

 

The Spirit will return in peace 

The Spirit will return in love

The Spirit will return in joy

The Spirit will return

So that we may sense them

 

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

Fly oh bird who will never return

who will never return

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

 

Āpiti hono, tātai hono

Tātou te hunga ora ki te hunga ora e

Āpiti hono, tātai hono, 

Rātou te hunga mate ki te hunga mate e

 

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

 

He kura kāinga e hokia

He kura tangata e kore e hokia

He kura kāinga e hokia

He kura tangata e kore e hokia

 

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

 

Hoki mai te wairua i te āio

Hoki mai te wairua i te aroha

Hoki mai te wairua i te koa

Hoki mai te wairua

Kia rongohia e mātou e

 

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E rere, te manu e kore e hokia

E kore e hokia

 

Te manu - lyrics
 
(click a title to view the lyrics)

1. Te Manu
 
2. Te Kaitoronui
 
3. Noho ake au

4. Ko Wai Koe?
 
5. AEIOU
 
6. he kakano ahau
 
7. Pipi tui
 
8. ka mea
 
9. e kore e hokia
 
10. e ko

 

 

Vocals - Te Manea Teariki

 

 

E Kore E Hokia

Karl Teariki

 

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