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Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Within the Forest | 2:34 |
| 2 | Religious Chant | 1:57 |
| 3 | May the Moon Rise | 2:03 |
| 4 | Chant at the Death of a Woman | 1:08 |
| 5 | Drums of War | 1:25 |
| 6 | The Story of a Battle | 2:11 |
| 7 | I Am Alone | 0:37 |
| 8 | Genealogy | 0:47 |
| 9 | Dance of the Children | 1:18 |
| 10 | Once She Was As Beautiful As the Moon | 1:45 |
| 11 | Let Us Tell the Story | 2:56 |
| 12 | We Will Watch | 1:40 |
| 13 | Song for the Sea at Sunset | 1:42 |
| 14 | Bamboo Drums and Dance of Summer | 2:58 |
| 15 | Song for Birds in Flight | 1:34 |
| 16 | There Was a Time | 1:17 |
| 17 | Chant in the Face of Danger | 1:12 |
| 18 | Women’s Work Song | 1:31 |
| 19 | Drums of Welcome and Rejoicing | 1:05 |
| 20 | Dance of Pleasure in Love | 0:55 |
| 21 | Almost Daybreak | 2:05 |
| 22 | We Shall Overcome | 1:02 |
| 23 | Sing Then, Dance Then | 0:47 |
| 24 | The Young and Brave | 2:21 |
| 25 | From Sea to the Seat of the Mountain | 2:17 |
| 26 | Not Goodbye | 2:25 |
About this Album
The music on this record is not for the tourist trade; it’s Old Timey Polynesian. Yes, there are love songs and hulas here—but also war chants, histories, prayers, and protest songs. You’ll hear the ukulele and guitar (even an electrified steel guitar)—but listen for the shell trumpets and the nose flute. And the old drums—their skins made of shark’s belly or parts of the stingray. Bodies were the percussion instruments—hand-clapping, thigh-slapping, finger-snapping, foot-stamping.
FROM THE ORIGINAL LINER NOTE (1968)
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