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Sound the panpipe

PanpipesRAYMOND KOMIS GIRANA

Sound the panpipe
To the beat of the garamut
Sway to and fro

The Solomon dance

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In the Tsuhana
Chips (chiefs) and fork (pork)

Inherent right and deserved name

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Masters first ladies wait
Youth all the necessities
A basket for the big man

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Expand the queue
Free rice and tea all night
A buai skin for the sorcerer

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In the haus krai
House all those in black

Flood the tears of sorrow

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All notes in knots
Count the bride price
Get that woman to work

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Get all the Tambus in
Write out the taboos
Who to dare?

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Opportunists to dance
An abuse of labour
Pasin at its best

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Dance to Solomon dance
Kaukau for money
Money for kaikai

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Cheer all the chairs
Despite moral mishaps
Good or bad, cash counts

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Assemble the archers
Table a compensation unit
Eye for an eye last resort

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Walk the streets
See the opulence of the rich
The utter destitution of the poor

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Democracy down the drain
In six pocketed shorts
To an empire of companies

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Check the blind spot
Change the words
Change world

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Claim the dance
Have a good chat
Ask which way

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