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Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

 

I believe @Kaffs came up with the answer I was going for.

 

 

The answer in song for appears at the beginning of the song just after the countdown, or again about 2 mins in.

 

 

Yes: well done Kaffs!

 

You learn something new every day: I remember that song, but I had absolutely no idea he was singing Maori - I just assumed it was made-up "Native American.

From Wiki:

The label's MD, Jeremy Thomas, believed that the song "The Lone Ranger" was a potential hit single if only it had something more "interesting" for the intro.

Hine picked up on his remark and sang the longest word in the world (listed in The Guinness Book of Records) a capella, replacing the original intro to the song altogether. The word in question, taken from the language of the Maori, New Zealand's indigenous people, was the name of the hill Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. On the record, the word (made to sound as if it were Native American, in keeping with the Lone Ranger and Tonto theme) is chanted as follows:

Taumata-whaka-tangi-hanga-kuayuwo
tamate-aturi-pukaku-piki-maunga
horonuku-pokaiawhen-uaka-tana-tahu
mataku-atanganu-akawa-miki-tora

 

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