concerts at the Waikiki Shell... on the grass. When halau traveled together. The boys would play this song and every halau dancer would jump up to dance right where they stood. That is my great memory of this song. Those were the days!
Aloha kahi wai aʻo Hāliʻilua lā lana mālie ʻO ke one kaulana o Keōua lā, me ka ʻihi kapu Kapukapu nā maka aʻo ka ʻōpua lā ke ʻike aku Ka ʻanapa i ka luna o Kaʻawaloa lā maoli pua He pua nani ʻoe a he mea laha ʻole lā na ka mākua A he lei ʻāʻī, na ke kūpuna lā he mea milimili Kiʻina ko lei lehua i ʻŌlaʻa lā lei ʻia mai I ʻohu no ka wahine e walea ai lā me ʻanoʻi pua Mahalo aku wau lā i ka nani lā mau mea hoʻohihi Kaʻonohiokalā mālamalama lā kau kehakeha ʻO ke kō a ka hau anu o Māʻihi lā ʻau i ke kai Kaomi i ka ʻili o ke kamahele lā me ka ʻeha koni Haʻina ko lei lehua i ʻŌlaʻa lā lei ʻia mai Kaʻonohiokalā, mālamalama lā kau kehakeha
