Tangi for the outlaw

Tu Tangata, Issue 18, 1 June 1984, Page 39

Tangi for the outlaw

Moti Procter

Gone, gone the Outlaws gone kua haere kite po shed some tears for the rangatira breed he tangi, he tangi aue. Horses in the bar whiskey in the hand bare knuckles in the stock yard mud gone, gone, gone. Wild bullocks in the manuka wild men in the hotel wild horses in the Outlaws hands shed some tears for the old time breed he tangi, he tangi aue. Kb wai te tangata poto? in the big felt hat hard Maoris in town hitch rails outside cowboy town is jumping tonight gone, gone, gone. Let him give you his heart buy you the beer haka when he’s wild you will know the fear shed a tear for two hard fists he tangi, he tangi aue. There is sadness falling at Mangahanea he kaupoai kua mate tangi roa te karanga haere atu ra, e koro gone, gone, gone.