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• Griffiths, V: A Boy's Song; computer-set 

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With tongue in cheek, and a sideways look at Coleridge’s poem The Ancient Mariner, this ballad describes the fate of the customers of the Greymouth tavern The Rose & Thistle one wet night, when the Grey river rose in flood. A rollicking cheery setting.

• Macky: A Wet Night in Greymouth; facsimile 

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This song celebrates not only the first European to visit New Zealand, but also his direct descendant and namesake. The younger Abel Tasman flew to New Zealand in 1959 and was especially welcomed by Maori in Golden Bay. The tune is based on a 400 year old Dutch naval recruiting song, probably heard by the original Abel Tasman. Recorded on HMV EP record The Voyagers by Athol Freshney and instrumentalists.

• Macky: Abel Tasman; facsimile 

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• Ritchie A. and Court S.: Moa Music; computer-set  Year: 1995 

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• Ritchie A. and Court S.: Moa Music; computer-set  Year: 1995 

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• Ritchie and Court: Two Bird Songs; computer-set  Year: 2004 

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• Anthony Ritchie and Suzanne Court: Moa Music  Year: 1995 

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Bonnie, Braw Dunedin looks at the city through the eyes of an old Scotsman who made his home there. Willow often visited Dunedin, to see family members there who were descended from early Scottish settlers. The song was recorded by The Mariners on Kiwi Records’ EP The Four Cities and Two Gold Towns.

• Macky: Bonnie, Braw Dunedin; facsimile 

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• Farquhar: Carols to Sing and Play; facsimile 

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• Farquhar: Carols to Sing and Play; facsimile 

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“These modern, tuneful pieces with their interesting, rhythmic and harmonic patterns, have proved popular with young students. Five New Zealand Christmas Songs are a welcome addition to use alongside standard repertoire. The imaginative teacher will find them invaluable in teaching aural and keyboard skills, plus the inclusion of chord symbols with the words are a bonus, making these pieces ideal for use in group situations. Highly recommended.” Adrienne Van Drimmelen AIRMT

• Daverne: Five NZ Christmas Songs; computer-set 

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• McLeod: Godsongs No. 11: 7 Solo Godsongs; computer-set 

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New Zealand’s trout and deep sea fishing are celebrated in this jaunty folksong. It became a favourite of New Zealand Correspondence School pupils from the late 1950s onwards.

• Macky: I Love to Go Fishing; facsimile 

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These short songs were written out of a desire to provide settings of indigenous texts for very young singers – perhaps even suitable (i.e. simple enough) for pre-school singing. The pitch range is kept mostly within the octave from middle C to the C above, and the melodies are fairly repetitive.

The first two songs are settings of poems by one of New Zealand’s best-known hymn writers, Colin Gibson. The first poem is a counting song, and the original poem is headed “play with fingers and toes”! The poem names various birds which can be seen around the country. The second text is another counting song, this time adding one more penguin to each line. As with the first of these two texts, this is also a lullaby text.

The third song sets a simple Maori text by Henare Everitt about a mouse looking for food. The poem was originally suggested to be sung to the tune of ‘London Bridge is falling down’. The text translates as:
The mouse is looking for food
It comes out of its hole looking for food.
Night is falling, and the mouse is looking for food.
There are plenty of eggs in the tree, plenty of food.
The owl flies towards the mouse, looking for food…

The final poem, Alphabet Stew by Joy Watson, lists various well-known foods, naming them in strict alphabetical order.

• Hamilton: Kiwi Stew; computer-set  Year: 2007 

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