 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 702 str.
...are the large double Feejee canoe, of which I shall speak when I treat of those islanders. In their trips from town to town, they are generally on parties...Their voices are loud, and have generally a tenor character ; the strains are mostly in the minor scale, and sung in the key of two or three flats. The... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 574 str.
...are the large double Feejee canoe, of which I shall speak when I treat of those islanders. In their trips from town to town, they are generally on parties...Their voices are loud, and have generally a tenor character ; the strains are mostly in the minor scale, and sung in the key of two or three flats. The... | |
 | Carl Engel - 1866 - 462 str.
...some knowledge of Captain Cook, derived from their communication with the Friendly Islands. " In their trips from town to town they are generally on parties...frequently to be met with singing their boat-songs."* Compositions of this constructiou are especially used during some laborious occupation to ensure a... | |
 | Laura Alexandrine Smith - 1888 - 406 str.
...boat-songs would run thus : — ' Cook tells you, Pull away ; I will do so, and so must you.' In their trips from town to town they are generally on parties...frequently to be met with singing their boat-songs." SONGS OF THE SAMOAN ISLANDERS. No. i. SOLO. Na • a- gi-le-fo • e, Y 2 Na- a-gi-lt ? •£ r^ —... | |
 | Laura Alexandrine Smith - 1888 - 404 str.
...boat-songs would run thus : — ' Cook tells you, Pull away ; I will do so, and so must you.' In their trips from town to town they are generally on parties of pleasure termed Malanga, and arc frequently to be met with singing their boat-songs." SONGS OF THE SAMOAN 1SLANDERS. No. i. SOLO.... | |
 | Mervyn McLean - 1999 - 562 str.
...been extant at least since 1839, judging from boat songs described and notated by Wilkes as consisting of 'two short strains, repeated alternately, the first by a single individual, and the second by several.'131 EXAMPLE 37: A boat song notated in 1839 First voice Second voice m A Samoan dance leader,... | |
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In their trips from town to town, they are generally on parties of pleasure, termed malanga, and are frequently to be met with singing their boat-songs. These songs have but little variety, are destitute of melody, and have small pretensions to harmony.... 