Traditional Maori Melody

The tune commonly used with Search Me, O God is usually identified in hymnals as MAORI or MAORI MELODY, with the source described as a Maori or New Zealand melody. Hymnals and songbooks vary in how they credit the tune, sometimes naming J. Edwin Orr or later arrangers in connection with the adaptation. Because the melody’s transmission history is complex, it is best described cautiously rather than assigned to a single firmly documented composer.