SELECT POETRY. SONG OF THE NGAPUHI GIRL.
They tell me the men with a white, white face Belong to a purer, nobler race ! But wW, if they do so, and it may be so, Do their tongues cry " Yes," and their actions "No?" They tell me that white is a heavenly hue, And it may be so, but the sky is blue ; And the first of men — as our old men say, Had earth-brown skin, and was made of clay. But throughout my life, I've heard it said, There's nothing surpasses a tint of red ; Oh ! the white man's cheeks look pale and sad, Compared to my handsome Maoii lad. Then let them talk of their race divine, Their glittering domes and sparkling wine ; Give me a whare, like my fathers had, And my tall, straight, handsome, Maori lad. — "Hawke's Bay Herald,"
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 109, 10 March 1870, Page 7
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142SELECT POETRY. SONG OF THE NGAPUHI GIRL. Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 109, 10 March 1870, Page 7
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