Counting down to the RUGBY WORLD CUP!!

Ka Mate(All Black Haka)

Traditional(modified by Te Rauparaha 1810)

Leader

KA MATE! KA MATE!

We're going to die! We're going to die! (We were at war)

Chorus

KA ORA, KA ORA!

We're going to live! We're going to live! (But now there is peace.)

Leader

KA MATE! KA MATE!

We're going to die! We're going to die! (We thought we were all going to die)

Chorus

KA ORA, KA ORA!

We're going to live! We're going to live! (but now we are safe)

All together

TENEI TE TANGATA PU'RU-HURU

This is the man, so hairy (because our leader, so strong and masculine,)

NA'A NEI TIKI MAI WHAKA-WHITI TE ...

who fetched, and made shine the (has unified us and brought back the sunny days of)

... RA! UPANE! KA UPANE!

sun! Together! All together ... ! (peace. We are all working in harmony, side by side,)

A UPANE! KA UPANE!

Together! All together ... ! (moving in unison like the hairs on our chief's legs)

WHITI TE RA!

To sun shines! (to prolong these sunny days of peace.)

HI ! Yeah!

Just a few more days til the first games of the Rugby World Cup in French soil! GO BLACK GO! hehehe I'm getting excited just thinking of that first game between the All Black and the Italians this coming Saturday!! hehehe

I'm excited not becoz of the game,( coz the game will be a walk over win for the All Blacks!) It's the company that I will be watching it with that excites me!! A bunch of navy boys from Te KAHA, in little old Lumut! It would be a hoot!!! Just like being home at a sports bar! And it shall be messy and loud!! And not to mention, lots of very drunk guys too, either if we win or lose! hahaha BUT then if we were to win, which is most likely! I might get a LIVE Haka by drunken sailor boys! Oh! Am I giggling like a school girl!

Update: just got the numbers in, there might just be about 50 turning up this weekend for the game!!!!! 50 Sailor Boys!!! A prelude to Saturday night's haka maybe?