My Dear my Darling, By Le Pasefika Vol-4

[@jackfrederickleota3479]

My grandma's favorite. Thanks for sharing. Brings back sad but beautiful memories of grandma. Fa'afetai tele. GB🙏🏽🤙🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@letupufaauugamatautia]

Composed by Rev Ariu Sio. It's about a girl by the name Pepe he had fallen for while he was a A'oa'o in Malua. The girl had left for the states to study nursing, and this song portrays the sadness he felt of her departure.

[@maupatolo4910]

😍😍😍

[@tahrir0607]

Here’s the story: Le Foma’i e, Le Taumanu Sa Lupepe Ariu Sio, Composer Performed by Le Pasefika (Taupou Recording Studio) O le “Foma’i e, le Taumanu Sa Lupepe”, na tusia e le A’oa’o Malua e suafa ia Ariu Sio, mo le Tamaitai Foma’i, o Pepe Tufele Malemo na galue i Tutuila. O lenei pese e masani foi ona faaigoa e tagata o le "My Dear My Darling". Ona o le logologoa o le lalelei ma le atamai o Pepe i mataupu tau Foma’i, na momoo ai le A’oa’o Malua i le tama'itai Tausima'i Manu'a e galue i Tutuila. Ae o ia foi aso e le faigofie le feoai i le va o Upolu ma Tutuila, o lea na faaaoga ai e Ariu lana uo A’oa’o mai Tutuila na la aooga, e avea ana tusi ia Pepe le tamaitai tausima’i i Tutuila. Na iai foi le taimi na tuu atu ai e Ariu se mama faamau ia Pepe, ma se naunautaiga, a uma lana aoga i Malua ona la faaipoipo lea ma amata le la aiga ma tautua mo le galuega a le Atua, e pei o upu a le pese -“Ia fai oe ma La o lo’u nei Ola” . O matua uma o Ariu ma Pepe o Faifeau. Ae ina ua toe faafoi mai e Pepe le mama faamau, na masalosalo ai foi le A’oa’o o Ariu, i lana uo na avefeau mo ana tusi ia Pepe. Na iai se masalosaloga o Ariu, ua faitau e Ropati lana tusi e pei o upu a le pese “O ata upu e, ua masua” ma e pei e fia uo fo’i Ropati ia Pepe (E lele le se ae lama e le tiotala), ae ina ua iloa e Ariu ua liua le vai o Sina, ma ua puaina upu i ala, o iina na lagona ai alofa faafuafua, na ia tusia ai loa le pese. Ae o loo manino lava upu moomoo o Ariu i le pese “le fia faatasi pea ia oe”- Pepe. Na faauu Ariu mai Malua Theological College, ma avea ma Faifeau i Iva, Savaii ae o le 1936 na faamavae ma ritaea ai Pepe, ma faaipoipo atu ia Max Makisi Haleck, se tasi o alii iloga faipisinisi i Amerika Samoa. Talaaga Puupuu o: Pepe Tufele Malemo-Haleck Pepe Tufele Malemo (Jan. 11, 1894- Aug. 30, 1987), Na fanau Pepe i le alaalafaga, Olosega, Manu’a. O ona matua, o Faifeau Iosefa Malemo, mai Olosega a o lona Tina, o Malamamaisaua Tufele, mai Fitiuta. Na ulufale Pepe i le aoga o Atauloma i le 1906 ma na faai’u i le 1913. O Atauloma sa aooga ai fanau atamamai o Amerika Samoa, o le aoga a le Ekalesia LMS mo teine nofotumau. I le 1919, na maua ai se avanoa faasikolasipi o Pepe ma malaga atu ai i Amerika, i le US Naval Hospital (Mare island), ma le Falema’i o le Childrens Hospital of San Francisco, e faalautele ai lona tomai faafoma’i. I le tausaga 1926 na filifilia ai Pepe e avea ma Tamaitai Tausima’i Pule (Chief Nurse) i le Falema’i i Malaloa, Tutuila. Na faamavae ritaea Pepe mai lona tulaga i le 1936. O Pepe o se tasi o tamaitai tausimai pasia Samoa na uluai ta'imua i le galuega faatausimai i Amerika Samoa. Rendition by Le Pasefika, played in Samoans slack key (Ki ku Fa) Girl on Le Pasefika VOl. 4 CD is Candace Faamuli, BYU-Hawaii Student. The photo in the video is of Pepe Enjoy

[@tuilupo1376]

Beautiful song

[@2000coco]

awwoollkka! How could I miss Faleasiu..capital o le au ai mea lele! LMAO!!! heheee..omg..I'm so gonna get flak for this...Tulou lava ou paia lasilasi Faleasiu. O tala tausua lava :):)

[@2000coco]

Nice! the drive from the airport? Pass Satapuala, Fasitoo, Malua, Saleimoa...Correcto? lol..Toe taia ita i peau ala, Fai mai ua musu le teine tausala..aww..Agusa foi gei keige kausala makua mumusu so'o..heh..fakafekai lava aao solo!

[@vaivale5340]

2000coco

[@Tamaleaitu]

Coco, ae le'o oe le tausala lea ua fatu ai lenei pese? lol. jks sis. Ua e kiga i lenei taule'ale'a ua e fa'amisia ai Faleasi'u ae o'o i Malua ma Sale'imoa lau lisi o nu'u? hahaha, lol. malo lava sausaunoa tvsamoa, malo fo'i le evaeva le mamalu o le atunu'u.

[@vaivale5340]

Tamaleaitu

[@esthermele1873]

Please what are the lyrics? My mom said her mom used to play this to her when she was a kid and I want to learn it to sing it for her

[@MasterSua]

faafetai tele lava ile toe aumaina o fatuga tuai faamalo atu lava ia faamanuia lava le Atua mo outou ma ia manuia le outou lumanai