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Probably the earliest known version of a song well known today, 1894.

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ALOHA O HAWAII.

He aloha Hawaii moku o Keawe
Aina a ka nani me ka maluhia
Hookuku au me Kaleponi
Hawaii ka oi o na Ailana
Na Ausekulia i kono mai ia’u
E naue i ka aina malihini
Aina kamahao i ka’u ike
Ua uhi paapu ia e ka noe
Ike i ka hau hookuakea i ka ili
Hoopumehana i ke ahi kapuahi
Ka iniki a ke anu me he ipo ala
E koi mai ana ia’u e hoi
Ilaila hoi hope ko’u manao
He kaukani mile ko’u mamao
Hu mai ke aloha no ka aina
No ka poi uouo kaohi puu
Haina ia mai ana ka puana
Ke aloha aina ko’u lei ia

Emalia Kaihumua.

Hale Hoikeike Hawaii. Kapalakiko

[This was written while Emalia Kaihumua was performing at the Hawaiian Exhibit [Hale Hoikeike Hawaii] at the California Midwinter International Exposition held in San Francisco. Looking back at was happening at the time in her homeland while she was “a thousand miles away”, it is very heart wrenching to see the many references to home and returning and finally the haina: “Let the refrain be told, Patriotism is my lei.”]

(Leo o ka Lahui, 4/27/1894, p. 3)

ALOHA O HAWAII.

Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Buke II, Helu 929, Aoao 3. Aperila 27, 1894.

Sweet Emalia in Puuhale, 1894.

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[Just as an aside, here is a notice for unclaimed mail put out by the postmaster general (Luna Leta Nui), J. M. Oat. These were the days when you had to pick up your mail at the closest post office. Notice that Emalia Kaihumua is listed in the section for Kalihi and Puuhale.]

Na Leta e waiho nei iloko o ka Hale Leta a hiki i ka la 31 o Augate 1894.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXXIII, Helu 36, Aoao 3. Sepatemaba 8, 1894.

A mele for Sweet Emalia, 1893.

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Hooheno no Puuhale.

Aia i Puuhale
Ka eha a ka manao
O Sweet Emalia
Kuu aloha ia
Elua maua
I Mauna Tamara
O ka alelehuna [?]
Pohai a ka manu
Kupanaha o iala
I ka ana mai
Eia me a’u
Ka Iwi o Heneri
Okipau ke kolohe
Kiina i ka liko
Ai kapu a ka manu
Iiwi Polena
Eia mai au
Ka Iwi o Heneri
Puuwai hopo ole
A o Rokalia
Haina ka puana
O kuu lei hulu
O  Sweet Emalia
Kuu aloha ia.

[This mele for Sweet Emalia, Emalia Kaihumua, Emily Kaihumua, might sound more familiar to you if you switched out “Aia i Puuhale” with “Aia i Hilo One”. And yes, this is yet another example of why the original newspapers need to be rescanned clearly!]

(Lei Momi, 7/5/1893, p. 3)

Hooheno no Puuhale.

Ka Lei Momi, Buke I, Helu 11, Aoao 3. Iulai 5, 1893.