Music has played a significant role in Norfolk Island’s society, as in all societies. Here we present a selection of songs and music, traditional and modern, with a Norfolk theme or by artists associated with Norfolk Island.
John Adams’ Prayer
Suffer me not O Lord
To waste this day in Sin or Folly
But let me Worship thee with much Delight
Teach me to Know more of Thee
And to serve thee better than ever I had done before
That I may be fitter to Dwell in heaven
Where thy Worship and Service are Everlasting
Amen
The Pitcairn Anthem
Then shall the King say unto them
On His right hand –
Come ye blessed of my father
Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you
From the foundation of the world.
I was hunger’d, and ye gave me meat,
I was thirsty and ye gave me drink,
I was a stranger and ye took me in,
Naked and ye clothed me,
I was sick and ye visited me,
I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
Of the least of these my brethren
Ye have done it unto me,
Ye have done it unto me.
Contemporary artist Jacqui Teio Chapman-Shone and her family have generously made available her catalogue of Tahitian-origin music on a dedicated page.