An excellent example of Samoan history captured in our music. This song is about the unusual citizenship arrangement between Samoa and New Zealand.

Fa’ateia samoa uma

I le sitiseni mo niu sila
To’atele nisi ua tete’e
A’o isi foi ua fiafia tele
Fa’amalo maele’ga
I lau susuga Falema’ilesa
O se samoa mumua oe
Ua fa’amasino i peretania
Le iuga ua tu’uina mai
Aua ne’i toe ‘alo ese ai
Lua valu i le fa iva
O latou na ua sitiseniina

Maratuli o le a le uiga
Tulafono ua fa’aofiina
Ua avea le porotokoro
Ma fa’avae o lenei tulafono
To’atele ua saitiaina
E tatau ona fa’amalieina
Ae tu’u ai pea ia
O faiga fa’apolokiki e le manuia

Tatou mua ia mua o
I faiga uma na fa’aporotokoro
E muamua na fa’amalie le minisita o le vaomalo

Ua ou sagisagi fiafia
I le malaga a le ali’i palemia
Maratuni ua fesiligia
I se faaiuga mai Peretania
Oka oka ou te maasiasi
Ua palafu tatou e papalagi
Le aveai ua fa’anatinati
Saini o le feagaiga ne’i misi o le pasi

Tiga lo’u mafaufau
Le au ova siteia ua su’e ta’ifau
Tu’u atu i le palemene
Pe o le finagalo lea o le silisiliese

Tagiilima ua tula’i mai
O Tupuola Efi ua ta’ita’i ai
Sona finagalo ua fa’aalia
E lagolagoina e alii loia
Avatu nei le fa’asea
E tete’e ai ia niu sila
Lua valu i le fa iva
E tatau lava ona sitiseniina

Ha ha ha ha hi hi
E le fia avea a’u ma se kiwi
E sili lava lo’u atunu’u
Le miki elegi lava ma le umu ulu

Ha ha ha ha hi hi
E le fia avea a’u ma se kiwi
E sili lava lo’u atunu’u
Le miki elegi lava ma le umu ulu

Most of the lyrics on this site were submitted by fans of Samoan music, so the words might not be entirely correct… and we may not know who originally composed the song.

Please help us to learn.

Please share any corrections or knowledge about this song in a comment below. Whatever we can verify, we will update in this post.

Ma le fa’aaloalo lava.

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john

hahahahahaha seki a le pese lea, aua le fia kiwi sili a le miki ma le elegi