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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.

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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.