Inspired by a Powhiri in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
lyrics
We meet face to face
Greet nose to nose
Welcome me to your place
Smiling as our union grows
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Takes me back to 18
I began to live my dream
Soaring high t’Southern seas
The land of milk ’n honey
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
We breathe the same breath
Hearts pulse the same beat
Build a rainbow with our smiles
As our spirits meet
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Journey back t’myself
For I long had been apart
Mountain shows me my wealth;
Pot o’gold in my heart
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Toota, toota, toota pe, toota pe, Taranaki
To ta pe, toota pe, toota pe Taranaki
To ta pe, toota pe, toota pe Taranaki
To ta pe, toota pe, toota pe Taranaki Town
Toi ya koko - Ya Kissy koko
Toi ya koko - Ya kissy way
Toi ya koko - Ya Kissy koko
Toi ya koko - Ya Kissy way
We meet face to face
Greet nose to nose
Welcome me to your place
Smiling as our union grows
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
Oh yeah Taranaki, Oh yeah Taranaki town
credits
from Catch Me,
released January 15, 2016
Vocals by Lewis Barfoot
Backing vocals & Guitar by Joshua Flowers
Cello by Maria Rodriguez Reina
Recorded &Mixed by Alex Forster
Mastered by Pete Maher
Birdsong recorded live in Taranaki, New Zealand
Contemporary Folk Artist Lewis Barfoot
displays a fearless and disarming honesty in her lyrics, She works with an uncomplicated loveliness of sound, blending ethereal, evocative vocals with original compositions and reinventions of trad songs. Frequently compared to the likes of Kate Rusby, Sandy Denny and Maíre Brennan.
'A Terrific Debut' - FATEA...more
I haven't heard something so sweet and nostalgic in a long time. Whenever I play it around friends the album always draws attention from whatever is going on in the room. Dokka Chapman