Another “E aha ia ana o Maunakea” variant, 1895.

[Found under: “KA HUAKAI I KA HOME”]

E aha ia ana o Maunakea,
Kuahiwi alo pu me ke kehau,
Alawa iho au o Maunaloa,
Kohu moa ua kea i ka malie,
Ku aku au mahalo o ka nani,
Ka haale a ka wai hu’i a ka manu,
Mahui aku au e ike lihi,
I ka uahi noe o Kilauea,
Ea mai nei Halemaumau,
Enaena ke ahi a ka wahine,
He wahine kui pua no Olaa,
I hoa hooipo no ka malanai.”

[Compare this mele with the one in this week’s Bishop Museum Mele Monday post.]

(Oiaio, 5/8/1895, p. 3)

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Ka Oiaio, Buke VII, Helu 10, Aoao 3. Mei 8, 1895.

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