Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Pretty little baby (Yah, yah)
– E te tamaiti iti (Yah, yah)
Pretty little baby (Yah, yah)
– E te tamaiti iti (Yah, yah)
Pretty little baby, you say that maybe
– E te tamaiti iti, e mea ana koe tērā pea
You’ll be thinkin’ of me, and try to love me
– Ka whakaaro koe ki ahau, ka ngana ki te aroha ki ahau
Pretty little baby, I’m hoping that you do
– E te tamaiti iti, e tumanako ana ahau kia mahia e koe
You can ask the flowers, I sit for hours
– Ka taea e koe te ui ki nga puawai, ka noho ahau mo nga haora
Tellin’ all the bluebirds, the bill and coo birds
– Te korero i nga manu puru katoa, i nga manu o te pire me te coo
Pretty little baby, I’m so in love with you
– E te tamaiti iti, he tino aroha ahau ki a koe
Now is just the time, while both of us are young
– Na ko te wa tika, i te mea e rua o tatou he taitamariki
Puppy love must have its day
– Me whai te aroha Puppy i tōna rā
Don’t you know it’s much more fun to love
– Kaore koe e mohio he nui ake te ngahau ki te aroha
While the heart is young and gay?
– I te mea he taitamariki, he takakau te ngakau?
Meet me at the car hop or at the pop shop
– Me tutaki ki ahau i te car hop i te pop shop rānei
Meet me in the moonlight or in the daylight
– Me tutaki ki ahau i te marama marama i te marama marama ranei
Pretty little baby, I’m so in love with you
– E te tamaiti iti, he tino aroha ahau ki a koe
Now is just the time, while both of us are young
– Na ko te wa tika, i te mea e rua o tatou he taitamariki
Puppy love must have its day
– Me whai te aroha Puppy i tōna rā
Don’t you know it’s much more fun to love
– Kaore koe e mohio he nui ake te ngahau ki te aroha
While the heart is young and gay?
– I te mea he taitamariki, he takakau te ngakau?
Meet me at the car hop or at the pop shop
– Me tutaki ki ahau i te car hop i te pop shop rānei
Meet me in the moonlight or in the daylight
– Me tutaki ki ahau i te marama marama i te marama marama ranei
Pretty little baby, I’m so in love with you
– E te tamaiti iti, he tino aroha ahau ki a koe
Pretty little baby
– He pēpi ataahua
I said pretty little baby
– Ka mea ahau pretty little baby
Oh, now, pretty little baby
– Aue, inaianei, e te tamaiti iti
