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TENES-TENES SINGER: Norsia DATE: Feb. 22, 1966 VILLAGE: TK SEX: Female C. S.: [[striketrough]] Marr [[/striketrough]] single AGE: 17 My song is of many colors. My lover, I am going to Cagayan. I shall sing of the very beginning of our love. Soangan sang of Insi.1 No one wants to sing tenes-tenes except Sonagan and I.2 I sing this song because it is your3 wish. You hear my song, lover, as the moon begins to rise. My lover is carrying a bolo; he is angry because I have another lover. [[line]] 1. The boy, Soangan, previously sang of his cousin, Insi. 2 I had trouble getting volunteers to sing for me. 3 i. e. my wish.