Now Is The Hour (Po Atarau)

'Po Atarau'- a New Zealand folk song with a heinously complicated history, commonly known as 'Now Is The Hour'- as performed by the Willow Singers.


For lyrics, translation and more information, see-
http://folksong.org.nz/poatarau/index.html

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Music

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• Po
• Atarau
• Now
• Is
• The
• Hour
• Willow
• Singers
• Swiss
• Cradle
• Song
• Maori
• Gracie
• Fields
• Bing
• Crosby
• New
• Zealand
• folk
• song

[kiwichick1960]

Absolutely awesome. Feeling homssick more than ever now.

[FrankYou222]

Lovely, absolutely lovely. Ka pai.

[moheka30]

@mathieuemi666 what ever, Phar Lap, Crowded House, Russel Crowe...hand off this song bey!! Lol!! Bloody cheeky Ocker!!

[tipanaa]

Young fella has a good voice - should let it out to run more often (such as in the second verse)

[Wainiviti]

nice vibes........sad song!....Bless up!

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Nicely done. Beautiful song and beautiful voices.

[mathieuemi666]

Nice! However I don't consider this song to come from New Zealand but Australia.

[Chownz]

Kia kaha, absolutely fantastic well done, I'm proud to be a Maori and Kiwi! Tu Meke

[SeniorSuperstud]

I live in Scotland but I must admit that this Maori farewell song is as beauitiful as our own Auld Lang Syne.

[whitedove886]

awesome ....this song was sung at my dads funeral....it will always have personal meaning for me ...

[craziwoman12]

haha sayme i miss mi aotearoa lol

[Clinton52732]

My grandpa died in 1948, four years before I was born, but I was told that this was one of his favorite songs, and it was playing on the radio when my grandma got word that he'd been electrocuted at work. I've always loved this song, and this is a beautiful rendition of it!