For Te Poe O Patitifa By Edie Bael

FOR TE POE O PATITIFA
(Pearl of the Pacific)

The drummers are drumming
The ukeleles are strumming
The aunties and uncles
are crooning a lovely polynesian melody

As the music is playing
the wahines are swaying
their hands are relaying
a message to you and me

Oh the lovely hula dance
tells the story of romance
set under a moonlit night
Te Poe O Patitifa dancers
our senses you delight!

While the singers harmonize
We are all mesmerized
And very much entranced
by your romantic dance

With perfect rhythmn and sensual grace
You take us away many thousands of miles
to a far off place
that place in the Polynesian Isles

Te Poe O Patitifa
May you always bring us pleasure!
The traditions you hold in your heart
are a valuable treasure