Ocean Tide Rising

(heeee-aaa-laaaa) By the swell under the hull

Stars guide the double-canoe through the night

Flying fish at the break of dawn

Navigator reads the deep ocean rise

Te lani, te tai,

we find the way (u-i-a-e)

Tofi'a o le moana,

we sail today

(hoea, hoea ra!)

Green peak rising from the gray

Exactly where the old songs said it would stay

Tonga, Samoa, Maori blood on the wind

We strike the shore,

the journey begins

(Heee-ya! Ha! Ha!) We

found the land!

Our home in the sun!

(Hoea te waka!)

(te moana... te lani...)