Folks see if you can remember this golden oldies and the bands who recorded them.Im not familiar with their lyrics but will giv it a try>feel free to correct k?

First is:Ho ina no Iau pakule sikul vunapope.Iau pakule sikulu Vuvu iau pakule sikulu.....

Second is:Yambun dawe wan touch maria kina i paia.Polis ronim raskol sutim em lo doti wara..

Third is:Mi sik na mi silip lo sipiring bet na mama i lukim mi na i karai.Ayo manayo ayo manayo..

Finally:Luk!luk!luk tomavatur mi sore.Mi lukim simuk bilong paia.Na mi ting se peren i vakilang eh.Peles i colostu peles i long wei...PPeaceOut

Mate, the last one under "final" is my Barike im pretty sure. It about the Rabaul volcano erruption

I mean BY Barike

I remember singing that last one back in 1986, on the Island of Bali-vitu (wetu?), just off the coast of WNBP. Are there any surviving copies of that song?

Also there was a popular local song in Kimbe at the time that detailed a person's journey to Kimbe town to sell betelnut (without success, if I recall). ALL the village kids around Kwalakessi used to sing it incessantly. At the time it tended to annoy me, but I find I miss it for nostalgic reasons.

Cheers.

Aiyo manayo...is by the Great Wagi Hellcats band Pet, peter siwi and the guys
Yambunawi....i wanna say Ararua band or the Late Christan Mandawali
Don't recognize the first one

1- ""Ho inano iau pakule ma skul lata "" is a manus language sung a a Tolai band called ""the Out
cast of Matalau""(I think)..this was recorded by NBC in the early 80s or late 70s.

2. the second one is a sepik song ..mmm maybe Manawali.

3.""Mi silip long sipiring bed..ayai manao""..is a Pidgin and Goroko language(mixed)song sung by either the ""Waghi Helcats"" or The ""Husats of Goroka"" recorded in the late 70s by NBC.

4..""Lukluk tamavatur mi sore mi luksim simuk blong paia"" was first recoded in 1983 by the OKORO MATES band of RABAUL..in 1993 the BARIKE band re-recorded it in their ""faiv key"" album.