Look Here at This Mele
MELE ALOHA AINA AI-POHAKU
[PATRIOTIC ROCK-EATING SONG]
1. Kaulana na pua o Hawaii
Kupaa mahope o ka aina,
Hiki mai ka elele a ka lokoino
Palapala alunu me ka pakaha
2. Pane mai Hawaii-Nui o Keawe
Kokua na Hono-a-Piilani
Kakoo mai Kauai o Mano
Pau pu me ke one o Kakuhihewa
3. Aole e kau e ka pulima
Maluna o ka pepa a ka enemi
Aole makou a e minamina
I ka puu dala a ke Aupuni
4. Ua lawa makou i ka pohaku
I ka ai kamahao o ka aina
Hoohuiaina kuai hewa
I ka pono kivila o ke kanaka
5. Mahope makou o Liliulani
A kau hou la i ke Kalaunu
Haina ia mai ana ka puana
Na pua i aloha i ka aina
Composed by KEKOAHIWAIKALANI.
[This mele for obvious reasons is published many times throughout time.]
(Aloha Aina, 6/13/1896, p. 4)
Ke Aloha Aina, Buke II, Helu 24, Aoao 4. Iune 13, 1896.
nupepa 
Aloha, Note that the lyrics are out of order in this version on verses 3 and 4. EKP wrote repeatedly to the papers to get it corrected and it was published out of order several times. Even the copy in Buke Mele Lahui shuffled the lines. It was probably easy for that to happen when typesetting poetry. Puakea
Puakea Nogelmeier puakea@hawaii.edu “Lei ‘o uka i ka ‘ohu, lei ‘o loko i ke aloha”
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I’ve personally not seen Ellen Prendergast’s corrections written in the newspapers, but it is interesting here to note that Leo o ka Lahui insists that the following is a true copy of the mele received from Kekoaohiwaikalani herself.
https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2013/06/06/as-it-was-then-it-is-now-1893-2013/
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Reblogged this on nupepa and commented:
“Look at this mele”
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