O KE LII KA’U MAKEMAKE

Ike ia Kaukini he lawaia manu
He upena kuu i ka noe o Pokahi
I hoopuni ia e ka ohu kakikepa
Ke na’i la i ka luna o ka Auwana
O ka uwahi ke kapeku e hei ai
Ka i’a manu o Puo’alii
O ke alii wale no ka’u makemake
O ka luhi o maua me ianei
O ko makou lealea no ia
Ua—i—ke—a.

[This is a version of the second mele found on Monday’s Welo Hou post! Variants of this mele can be found many times throughout the years in the Hawaiian newspapers.]

(Au Hou, 4/5/1911, p. 23)

Ke Au Hou, Buke II. Helu 14, Aoao 23. Aperil 5, 1911.

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