Maori:

| Purerehua rere runga hau |
| Papaki parihau rere runga hau |
| Ka piki ka piki ringi rawa e |
| Papiki parihau rere runga hae |
| Ka piki ka piki ringi rawa e |
| Papiki parihau rere runga hae |
| Ka tau, ka tau runga püäwai |
| Ka whänauhua a pürerehua. |
| Katahi, ka rua ka toru, ka wha |
| Ka rü, ka rë ka puta e whä whë |
| Ka kai, ka kai ka pau ngä rau |
| Ka huri ngä whë hei tüngoungou |
| Ka pata ki waho he üpoko nui he waewae roa |
| He parikau pakipaki rü rü rü rü ru ru rë |
| Purerehua rere runga hau |
| Papaki parihau rere runga hau |
| Rere runga hau |
| Papiki parihau rere runga hae |
| Pürerehu–a rere runga hau |
| Pürerehu–a |
English:
| Butterfly carried on the wind | (Cross your thumbs in front of you and move your remaining fingers up and down like a butterfly) |
| Fluttering its wings on the wind | (Wave your arms up and down like wings) |
| Up and up, way up high | |
| Fluttering its wings on the wind | (Wave your arms up and down like wings) |
| Up and up, way up high | |
| Fluttering its wings on the wind | (Wave your arms up and down like wings) |
| It lands on a flower | |
| To lay its eggs, this butterfly. | |
| One, two, three, four: | (Hold up one, two, three, four fingers) |
| They shake and quiver, out pops four caterpillars. | (Shake and quiver your body, the make a popping sound) |
| They eat and eat, every leaf consumed | (Exaggerate chewing and munching sounds) |
| The caterpillars become pupae. | |
| Out pops a head, a long bandy leg, | |
| Fluttering wings, flitter, flutter, flap. | (Wave your arms up and down like wings) |
| Butterfly carried on the wind | (Cross your thumbs in front of you and move your remaining fingers up and down like a butterfly) |
| Fluttering its wings, carried on the wind | (Wave your arms up and down like wings) |
| Carried on the wind | |
| Fluttering its wing, carried on the wind | (Wave your arms up and down like wings) |
| Butterfly… carried on the wind | |
| Butterfly… |
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Date Created: November 13, 2012
Date Modified: July 3, 2018

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