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Drums of the Islands-BULA LAIE lyrics

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May 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/19/97
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Not too long ago, there was a message posted to this newsgroup regarding
the song "Drums of the Islands."

I know of this song as BULA LAIE which was written by a Fijian gentleman
named Isereli Racule when he was employed at the Polynesian Cultural
Center as the Fijiian village chief.

Here are the words to BULA LAIE:

BULA LAIE, HAWAII TALEGA
VEIWEKANI KEI VITI KECEGA
O KEI VITI E VAKA LASALASA
NI BULA NI BULA KECE SARA

NANUMI VITI VANUA LAILIA
NODA SASAGA ME TOROCAKE MAI
TUBU KO VITI ME ROGO KA KILAI
E VURA VURA LAIE E HAWAII

Hui:
EDA SA MAI VEIKUNE TALE
SA NODA TUNA LAGI LAGI
EDA SA CIBICIBI TAKAYANI
LAIE NOGU KORO LAGI LAGI

BULA SAMOA KEI TONGA TALEGA
TAHITI, MAORI MAI RA
BULA, ALOHA, KIA ORA, TALOFA
'IAORANA, MALOELEILEI O TONGA.

pronunciation nots:
vowels like Hawaiian or Spanish
C - "th" sound
TUBU is pronounced TOOM BU
G - "ng" sound


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