Pate Pate [English translation]

get up stand up let your feelings be known

the time has come to perform the dance

get up stand up let your intentions be known

swaying ever so sweetly the message in the dance

Oh! Oh!

the boys are very bold

Oh! Oh!

the girls are very bold

Oh! Oh!

the dancers are very bold

Oh! Oh!

Watch me now, it’s my turn to show

“How is the fishing with you, how is it?” (Girl)

“The fish that I truly long for” (Boy)

“How is the fishing with you, how is it? (Girl)

dance on up, dance just like that

dancing ever so sweetly to the Pate Pate (logdrum) X2

chant:

dance on up, dance on down

Dancing ever so sweetly to the rhythms of the log drum

• Artist:Te Vaka