Explore "The Maori's Wool" by Andrew Barton Paterson on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
_Now, this is just a simple tale to tell the reader how / They civilised the Maori tribe at Rooti-iti-au._
The Maoris are a mighty race -- the finest ever known; / Before the missionaries came they worshipped wood and stone; / They went to war and fought like fiends, and when the war was done / They pacified their conquered foes by eating every one. / But now-a-days about the pahs in idleness they lurk, / Prepared to smoke or drink or talk -- or anything but work. / The richest tribe in all the North in sheep and horse and cow / Were those who led their simple lives at Rooti-iti-au.