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The passing of Simeon Kiaaina Nuuhiwa, 1937.
S. Nuuhiwa, Famed Kauai Cowboy, Dies
SIMEON KIAAINA NUUHIWA
One more tie with the Islands’ colorful past was cut last week when 69-year-old Simeon Kiaaina Nuuhiwa, white-bearded old time cowboy of Kauai, died here. Continue reading
O Kamakaeha ia, o Liliu, o Loloku, 1901.
O MAKAAINANA WHO TRULY LOVE THE CHIEF. ARISE, MAKE HASTE.
Show our true aloha for our Royal Mother by going to see Her on Her birthday that will be observed this coming Monday, September 2, from 12 o’clock until 1 p.m. There is only one hour to go in and shake hands with Her. This will be a large royal audience given to the public, from the kamaaina to the malihini, from the lofty ones to the lowly, from the rich to the poor, for the haole and we, Hawaii’s own. The great desire of our beloved Queen is for Her to see us, Her own makaainana going to see Her. Continue reading
A sailor’s song, 1919.
HE MELE HOOAEAE HOONI I KA MAKEMAKE.
Makemake au e ike ia Kaleponi,
I kela aina a ka nani me ka maikai i noho ai,
Maikai aku ke kaikuono o Hukekona,
O ka oi aku no o Laehao me Aukaki,
He home aloha ia na ka holokahiki; Continue reading
A mele of Kalamaula, 1922.
The Mele of Kalamaula
The mele below is the mele of Kalamaula provided by that local boy of that land, Levi Mahiai:
HE MELE NO KALAMAULA.
Ula Kalae-loa i ka lepo a ka makani,
Hoonuanua ia apua Kalamaula,
E hoomanao ae ana ia Ukula elua,
Hea mai Kiolohia e hoi maua, Continue reading
Moku Kaula i ho-a ia me Niihau, 1898.
[Found under: “MOOLELO KAHIKO.”]
Moku Kaula i ho-a ia me Niihau,
I kaulua ia Kawaihoa a Kane, Continue reading
“He moku Kaula,” 1866.
[Found under: “Ka Moolelo o Kamehameha I.”]
“He moku Kaula iho a me Niihau,
I kaulua ia Kawaihoa a Kane, Continue reading
A ka Luna i Puuonioni, 1906.
[Found under: “KA MOOLELO O Hiiaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele.”]
And then she turned and looked down at the bottom of the pit, and her Hiiaka sisters were sitting there; at which point she chanted:
THE SECOND KAU OF THE STORY OF HIIAKA.
1. A ka luna i Puuonioni Continue reading
Mele reworked, 1918.
HOOHENO NA KA HAE AMERIKA
Ia oe e ka la e alohi nei,
Ma na welelau a o ka honua,
Hoike mai oe i kou nani,
O ka hae aloha o Amerika; Continue reading
Wahinekeouli Pa from Kauai composes a mele for her huakai to the land of Keawe, 1921.
IKE MALIHINI IA HAWAII
Malihini ka ike ana ia Hawaii,
Aina i na kuahiwi ekolu,
Owau no me kuu leimomi,
Aloia mai ai na kai loa,
Aohe ou loa a e Hawaii,
I ka ihu haulani o Mauna Kea,
Na mi nei i hehiku iho,
O ia oneki nui akea,
Ike au i ka nani o Hilo Hanakahi,
Ke kaona i lohia e ke onaona,
Onaona ka lehua no Panaewa,
Ia lei makahehi a ka malihini, Continue reading
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