HE MELE HUA INOA

Nuhou nui ma Hawaii,
Ua pau na Kamehameha,
Hooholo na makaainana
O Lunalilo ka Moi.
Ua paa ka noho alii,
Hiki ole ke hooni;
Ala like na kanaka,
Wahine me kamalii,
A hoomaikai, olioli pu,
Ia ka Lani Lunalilo,
I ko lakou Moi hou.

[On this, the 180th birthday of King Lunalilo, I am putting up this short and simple name song for him printed in the newspaper Nuhou following his election to the throne.

A NAME SONG

Great news in Hawaii,
The Kamehamehas are over,
The citizens have voted
Lunalilo is the King.
The throne is secure,
It cannot be stirred;
Rise, men,
Women, and children.
And congratulate and rejoice together,
For the Royal one, Lunalilo,
Their new King.]

(Nuhou, 10/14/1873, p. 1)

Nuhou, Volume II, Number 23, Page 1. October 14, 1873.