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YouTube.com - He Mele Lahui Hawai'i
Comments: The song of the Hawaiian Nation composed November, 1866 by Queen Lili'uokalani. Sung by Lito Arkangel & Rupert Tripp Jr. Hula by Lissa Paresa Done on November 22, 2010 in Hilo at "E Pule Kakou".
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YouTube.com - "He Mele Lahui Hawai'i"
Comments: The first official national anthem of Hawai'i which was replaced by "Hawai?i Pono?i". "...In the early years of the reign of Kamehameha V. he brought to my notice the fact that the Hawaiian people had no national air. Each nation, he said, but ours had its statement of patriotism and love of country in its own music; but we were using for that purpose on state occasions the time-honored British anthem, 'God save the Queen.' This he desired me to supplant by one of my own composition. In one week's time I notified the king that I had completed my task. The Princess Victoria had been the leader of the choir of the Kawaiahao church; but upon her death, May 29, 1866 I assumed the leadership. It was in this building and by that choir that I firs...
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