Artist: Clement Scott
Author: Clement Scott
Year: 1913
New Zealand (Maori) traditional (Po Atarau), played at all kinds of farewell. First published as piano tune in Australia. Royalties claimed by the heirs of Albert Saunders, a brassband musician from Moree, New South Wales, defending his authorship against all odds. Sometimes Maori Maewa Kaihau is also co-credited.
Covers:
Dick Grace & Awatere Family [as Po Atarau, with two Maori stanzas]
Maewa Kaihau [as Haere Ra Waltz Song (new words on Po Atarau); for the Prince of Wales (the actual King Charles III) while leaving New Zealand]
Gracie Fields [as Now Is The Hour; English words: Dorothy Stewart, her manager]
Bing Crosby [n°1 US as Now Is The Hour (Maori farewell song), his 42nd and last n°1]
Eddy Howard [idem]
Margaret Whiting [idem]
Connie Francis [idem]
Everly Brothers [idem]
Ma-wai-hakona Musical Group [as Po Atarau]
Hank Snow [as Now Is The Hour]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)