KAENA SONG
Aia i Kaena kuu Lei Momi
Ua hoopulu ia e ka hunakai
Akahi hoi au a ikemaka
Ka ukana luuluu a ke aloha
Hoona ae ana i ko aloha
Ka pilina o ke kula a o Lauhulu
Me he lei hulu mamo ala ko aloha
A ka puuwai a e malama nei
Malama pono oe a i ko aloha
I ka puni kauoha a kaua
Uluhua wale au i ke kaiaulu
I ka makani kaulana a o Waianae
Nana a e kaomi malie nei
Me ka malu lau niu o Poka-i
Ke i ae nei ko’u manao
E hui me ka I’ahamauleo
Ka hone a ke kai a o Puuloa
Me he ala o kuu aloha kekahi
Hea aku no au o mai oe
O ka ua kokoula ku kamahao
Hainaia mai ana ka puana
Aia i Kaena kuu Lei Momi
Haina hou ia mai ka puana
Aia i ka piko malalo iho
[Versions of familiar mele like this one (attributed to Samuel K. Halstead), and many others not heard today, are found all over the newspapers! There is so much that the haku mele of today can learn from them, if they would just look back…]
[A large portion of the digital images for this paper are illegible, and hopefully they will be reshot before it is too late.]
(Holomua, 12/20/1913, p. 4)