Kāneʻohe - by Abbie Kong & Johnny Noble

ʻŌlapa ka uila i Kāneʻohe
Ka hui laulima o ʻi Laniwai
*(Ka hui lau lima Hiʻilaniwai)

Hui:
Me ka ua Apuakea
Ka laʻi aʻo Malūlani (Mololani)
Me ka anu o ke Koʻolau

Kaulana mai nei Koʻolaupoko
Ua ʻā ka uila aʻi Kāneʻohe

Hanohano Mōkapu i ka ʻehu kai
Te tua motumotu aʻo He`eia

Hoʻokahi meahou ma Heʻeia
Ka uwea kelekalepa leo nahenahe

Aia ʻike lihi o ka ʻāina
Kahi a ke aloha i walea ai

Walea ana ʻoe me ke onaona
Kuʻu lei hulu mamo pili i ke anu

Ua ana hoʻi au a i kō leo
Kō pane ʻana mai "Pehea au"

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
Ua ʻā ka uila aʻi Kāneʻohe
*alternate stanza

Light flashes at the Kaneohe
Co-operative Society of Laniwai
*Co-operative Society of Hiʻilaniwai

Chorus:
The Apuakea rain
The peace of Malūlani
The coolness of the Koʻolau

Famous is Koʻolaupoko
The lights go on at Kāneʻohe

The glory of Mōkapu is the sea spray
And the jagged ridge of Heʻeia

The news at Heʻeia
Sweet-voiced telegraph wire

Glimpses of the land
Where love finds delight

Delight with the sweet one
My mamo feather lei in the coolness

Delighted by your voice
You ask, "How am I?"

Tell the refrain
The light goes on at Kāneʻohe
*alternate stanza


Source: Nā Mele o Hawaiʻi Nei by Elbert & Mahoe - Written in the 1930's to commemorate the installation of electricity at Kāneʻohe, the mele also tells of a delightful love affair on the windward side of Oʻahu. Music clip by Lani Lee