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Table of Contents
A Mini-Anthology of South Pacific Oral Poetry, Ulli Beier (ed.)
Original pgs 87-96. Alcheringa 1-4
Individual Texts from Anthology
- Three For the God Aia (Mekeo)
- Song for a Child's Initiation (Buin)
- Song for a Girl on Her First Menstruation (Boikin)
- Song of a Girl Journeying to the Country of the Dead (Trobriands)
- Chant for the Dead (Kiriwina)
- “Fetching it back” (Kiriwina)
- Magic Chant to Divert Rain (Mid Wahgi)
- Living (Mekeo)
- Work Song (Roro)
- Love Song (I) [Kuanua]
- Love Song (II) [Lang Yega, Mokorua, Tupi]
- The Snake Bride: A Love Song (Rigo)
- Love Charm (I) [Saure land, Wewak]
- Love Charm (II) [Kuanua Gazelle Peninsula]
- Lament for a Husband (Buin)
- Ra Kongkong (Kuanua)
