DEATH
Darkness! Disaster! Despair!
Dejection! Depression! Desolation!
Death! Death! Death!
Hurry the soldiers are coming!
Dig faster!
Dig deeper!
A shallow grave will do
Hold the lantern
Turn it down
Blow it out
Whisper
The horses are approaching
The soldiers are coming
Ssshhh… Aua le pisa
O maifitafita
Ave loa Mama
Ave loa Papa
Togi I le namu I Toamua
Ssshhh…
Don’t make noise
The soldiers are coming
They will take Mama
They will take Papa
Throw them in the mass grave
At Toamua
Ssshhh…
S.S.Talune
Colonel Logan
“It is temporary and like children, the Samoans will get over it
Provided they are handled with care
They will later on remember
All that has been done for them
In the previous four years”
8th August 1919
Oi Aue! Oi Aue! Uasau le mala
It took great grandpa
And his mother
And his sister
And his brother
It took great uncle
And his cousin
And his brother
Who are my family?
They are my brothers
They are my sisters
Ioe, O lo’utoto
They are my blood!
Auoi o le oti!
Auoi o le mala!
Death! Death! Death!
Yeah, though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil
For thou art with me
Thy rod and thy staff
They comfort me
Comfort
Their spirits giveth me life
God giveth me life
Life! Life! Life!
Toe feiloai I le lagi, I pu’e o manuae
le o mala We meet again in heaven
In happiness but not curses