ALIKA SONG.
1st
Ma ke kai Melemele
Ke kowa a o Berina
O ka hale lau Pama
A o make i ke kula.
Hui: Aia i Alika
E ka ihu o ka moku
Ua hao a paihi
Na pe’a i ka makani
Ke liuliu nei
Na kaula likini
Alualu ole iho
Ka pe’a i ka makani.
2nd
A oi kau aku
Ka newa i ko piko
Kaa e ka huila
Niniu i ka makani.
[Here is a variant of a mele still popular to this day! I wonder if it was sung to the same tune as we hear it sung now…]
(Loea Kalaiaina, 1/31/1898, p. 1)