One day a Taniwha
Went swimming in the moana.
He whispered in my taringa,
(taringa,
taringa.)
"Oh won't you come with me,
There's such a lot to see
Underneath the deep blue sea."
But
I said "No, no, no,
I've got to go, go, go,
Although I know we'll still be friends,
(still be friends, still be friends.)
My mother's waiting for me
Underneath the kowhai tree,
So Taniwha,
haere ra."