An ancient song.

O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe:

I just took a look within you, as well as the Hoku [o ka]  Pakipika; and I saw mele, and kanikau of all sorts. I however did not see this mele printed by the people who fancy publishing mele. Therefore, I ask you, Nupepa Kuokoa, to include this little mele in some available space.

E ke kama, kama—e,
Auaia e kona moku,
E ke kama kama,
Kama i ka huli nu,
E ke kama kama kama,
Kama i ka huli au,
Hulihia ke au,
Ka papa honua a ka moku,
Hulihia papioia ilalo ke alo,
E ui—e, a ui ia,
Hulihia i Manuakele,
I ka umu kaokoa a Ku,
I ka maka o Ku,
Kaaha mikii lohelohe,
Ka aha nana i hikii,
O hulahula Mea,
Ua kalakala ia,
Ua wekewekea.

Ua hemo aku la ka piko o ka aina,
Ua kala kaalihi…

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.

He lei he aloha keia la,
No kuu one hanau,
Kona mau kualono uliuli,
Na lau nahele kupaoa.

Hui—Puili mai a paa iloko,
Ke aloha i ka aina,
Haliu i ka Mea Mana,
A e ola no ka lahui.

He aloha la he aloha,
No kuu lahui oiwi,
I hookahi puuwai,
Kupaa me ka lokahi.

He aloha la he aloha,
Ka makani o ka aina,
I ka pa kolonahe mai,
A ka makani la he Moae.

E alu ka pule i ka Haku,
Me ka naau haahaa,
E noi me ka walohia,
E maliu mai no Ia.

Na ke Aliiaimoku.

[Patriotism.

A song of adornment, a song of love,
For my homeland,
Her verdant mountainsides,
The fragrant forest foliage.

Chorus—Embraced and held tightly within,
Love for this land,
Look towards the Almighty,
And the lahui shall live.

A song of love, a song of love,
For my…