The old frontier: Te Awamutu, the story of the Waipa Valley / The missionary, the soldier, the pioneer farmer, early colonization, the war in Waikato, life on the Maori border and later-day settlement

by James Cowan

Ka huri koe i Te Awamutu

Ka tahuri whakamuri;

Mokemoke rere a te aroha—ee—ii!

Ka eke ki tereina,

Ka tahuri whakamuri;

Mokemoke te rere a te auahi—ee—ii!

Ka pinea korua

Ki te pine o te aroha,

Ki te pine e kore nei e waikura—ee—ii!

(Translation.)