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Pronouncing Words In Hawaiian

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Vamps: “Mele Kahea” and “Ha’ina”

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Aloha `Oe (Farewell to Thee) is Hawaiian popular song written circa 1878 by Queen Liliʻuokalani, who was then Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom. It is her most famous song and is a common cultural symbol for Hawaii. Aloha ʻOe, Wikipedia

Aloha 'Oe by Queen Lili`uokalani (1838--1917) & The Rose Ensemble from the album "Nā Mele Hawai'i: A Rediscovery of Hawaiian Vocal Music"

Aloha 'Oe by Henry Kapono, Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwoʻole, Cyril Pahinui, and Roland Cazimero. This classic was recorded at an old Hawaiian homestead on Oahu in fall of 1991.

Aloha `Oe by Grammy nominated artist Amy Hanaiali`i from the album "Nostalgia"

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A Maile Lei for Your Hair (Norman Kaye, 1963)

The composer, part of the Mary Kaye trio, wrote this song to honor the maile (alyxia olivaeformis), a lei symbolic of love and used at many celebrations. In olden traditions it was a sign of the gods and one of five plants used to decorate the kuaha (altar) of Laka, goddess of hula. Legends tell of the five Maile Sisters, minor goddesses of hula, who could take human or plant forms. The sisters are remembered today by the five varieties of maile: maile pâkaha (blunt leaf maile), maile lau nui (large leaf maile), maile lau liʻi (small leaf maile), and maile kaluhea (sweet smelling maile)
A Maile Lei For Your Hair, Huapala.org

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Blue Hawaiian Moonlight (Words by Ray Muffs, Music by Myron A. Muffs. Copyright claimed by Leo Talent, Inc. July 3, 1953, #EU322697.)

Source: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 7, Part 5B, Number 2 (July-December, 1953), pp. vii, 531 (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1954).

Blue Hawaiian Moonlight by Mike Keale And Friends, Hula By Melissa Meidinger

Blue Hawaiian Moonlight by The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, featuring Ry Cooder (Instrumental)

Blue Hawaiian Moonlight by the steel guitarist Eddie Palama, with Bobby Ingano on ukulele, Alan Akaka on bass, and Kaipo Asing on guitar. From the 2017 Kaua'i Steel Guitar Festival.

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Hawaii Calls

This was the theme song for the radio program of the same name. The show introduced and popularized Hawaiian music, both traditional and hapa-haole styles, around the world. A Version with Dick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians, featuring Ray Kinney, is at Archive.org (with an impossibly long URL).

The obituary for Harry Owens is below.

Hawaii Calls (Instrumental) by Harry Owens & His Royal Hawaiians – Hawaii, 1950

Hawaii Calls by Jesse Tinsley

Hawaii Calls by Nathan Aweau and Jeff Peterson

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Hawaii Pono’i (King David Kalākaua & Henri Berger, 1874)

Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī (Hawaiian: "Hawaii's Own") is the state song and former national anthem of Hawaii. The words were written in 1874 by King David Kalākaua with music composed by Captain Henri Berger, then the king's royal bandmaster. Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī was one of the national anthems of the Republic of Hawaii and the Kingdom of Hawaii, having replaced Liliuokalani's composition He Mele Lahui Hawaii. It was the adopted song of the Territory of Hawaii before becoming the state symbol by an act of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 1967. Hawaii Pono'i. Fandom.com

Hawaii Pono'i with Hawaiian and English translation.

Hawaii Pono'i by Amy Hanaiali'i, at the memorial service for Sen. Daniel K. Inouye at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Video by KITV News.

Hawaii Pono'i by unidentified mass chorus

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Hawaiian War Chant  ("Kāua I Ka Huahuaʻi," Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II, 1860s; "Tahuwahuwai," English lyrics by Ralph Freed, 1936)

"Hawaiian War Chant" is an American popular song whose original melody and lyrics were written in the 1860s by Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II (1854–1877). The original title of the song was Kāua I Ka Huahuaʻi or "We Two in the Spray." It was not written as a chant, and the Hawaiian lyrics describe a clandestine meeting between two lovers, not a battle. The English title therefore has nothing to do with the song as it was originally written and performed in Hawaii. Unlike the immortal "Aloha Oe" of his sister Queen Liliʻuokalani, the original lyrics of this love song are no longer popular. The song became popular around 1930, when Johnny Noble, bandleader at the Moana Hotel on Waikiki Beach, transformed it into the very jazzy: "Tahuwahuwai", better known as The Hawaiian War Chant.
Hawaiian War Chant, Wikipedia; List of compositions and works by Leleiohoku II, Wikipedia.

Hawaiian War Chant by Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Hawaiian War Chant by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra featuring Buddy Rich from the 1942 MGM film "Ship Ahoy."

Hawaiian War Chant by Sandi Jensen Griffiths and Sally Flynn on the Lawrence Welk Show, 1968.

Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) by the Oratorio Society of Honolulu from their album "Summer Tiki Lounge"

Hawaiian War Chant by Haunani Kahalewai at the Monarch Room in Waikiki's celebrated Royal Hawaiian Hotel (1960s).

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Hawaiian Wedding Song

"Hawaiian Wedding Song," originally entitled "Ke Kali Nei Aua" (Waiting There for Thee), was adapted from a 1925 love song written by Charles E. King. It was re-written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning and renamed as "Hawaiian Wedding Song".

An earlier English version of "Ke Kali Nei Au" was recorded by Bing Crosby and was titled "Here Ends the Rainbow," lyrics by Johnny Burke. This was recorded on February 9, 1951 with Betty Mullin and Lyn Murray and His Orchestra.

The song was also covered by Andy Williams (1958), among others. In the US, Williams' version was released as a single in 1958 and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 27 on the R&B chart.

Elvis Presley sang another version of the song in the 1961 film "Blue Hawaii." Hawaiian Wedding Song, Wikipedia

Hawaiian Wedding Song by Elvis Presley in a video from the film "Blue Hawaii" (1961)

Couldn't find Bing's recording, but:

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Here Ends The Rainbow) by Billy Ward

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Here Ends The Rainbow) by The King Sisters from their album "Aloha - the King Sisters" (1957)

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Here Ends The Rainbow) by Art and Dotty Todd from their album "I'll Never Leave Hawaii" (1980)

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Ke Kali Nei (Waiting for Thee) Charles E. King for his operetta, "Prince of Hawai'i" (1925)

Originally recorded in 1928 for Columbia Records by Helen Kapuailohia Desha Beamer and Sam Kapu, Sr., with Don Barriento’s Hawaiian Orchestra. Helen was the matriarch of a musical dynasty that includes her grandson, falsetto singer Mahi Beamer, who was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2006; granddaughter Winona (Nona) Beamer; and Nona Beamer's two sons, Keola and Kapono Beamer.

Ke Kali Nei Au by Mahi Beamer, grandson of Helen Kapuailohia Desha Beamer (2004)

Ke Kali Nei Au by the Makaha Sons

Ke Kali Nei Au by Maunalua (2000)

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He Aloha Mele (Iva Kinimaka on his 1979 album "Just Singing It All")

"Easy to sing, and perfect for hula, it is one of the most memorable hapa-haole songs written since Hawaii became a state in 1959." In his obituary, it was observed that wherever he went, he'd be called on to sing to his signature tune, which was written for his daughter. "The next thing that would follow is that he'd ask me to come up and dance," daughter Dr. Chamonix Carinamele Kinimaka, MD, said "I used to get so nervous when I was a little girl. But I really grew to cherish that. It was just a really special thing that we had." Mr. Kinimaka passed away at the age of 76, August 2, 2016. In his obituary, it was noted "Aloha attire is requested. Leis and loose flowers are welcome."

Island entertainer Iva Kinimaka dies at 76 by Jim Mendoza, Hawaii News Now, Honolulu, August 3, 2016

Waikiki entertainer Iva Kinimaka dies at 76 by John Berger, Honolulu Star Advertiser, August 4, 2016.

Obituary for Iva Kinimaka, Oahu Mortuary

He Aloha Mele by Iva Kinimaka

He Aloha Mele by Tia Carrere & Daniel Ho

He Aloha Mele by The Peter Moon Band from their album "Mālie" (1980)

He Aloha Mele by Bolo from his album "'ekahi" (2014)

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Holoholo Ka’a

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Hukilau

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I Ali’i No O’e

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Island Style (Key of C)

Island Style (Key of F)

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Kalapana Way

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Kipahulu (Key of C)

Kipahulu (Key of F)

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Ku’u Home O Kahalu’u

Ku'u Home O Kahalua by Don Ho, "The Legend Collection"

Ku'u Home O kahalu'a by Olomana, "Like A Seabird In The Wind"

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Lahainaluna (Key of C)

Lahainaluna (Key of G)

Lahainaluna by Kui Lee

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Little Brown Gal

Little Brown Gal by Ray Kinney

Little Brown Gal by Charles Kaipo

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Little Grass Shack

My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii by Ray Conniff and the Singers

My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii by Dorothy Lamour and the Crew Chiefs

Little Grass Shack / Little Brown Girl Medley

(Often performed with the songs reversed)

Little Grass Shack / Little Brown Girl by "A Bunch of Coconuts" at the Tiki Terrace on May 27, 2010.

Little Brown Girl / Little Grass Shack by Jesse Tinsley, 2009

Little Brown Girl / Little Grass Shack by The Hula La's performing at the 2013 Cabarrus SilverArts Follies competition in Mt. Pleasant, NC on May 18, 2013

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Lovely Hula Hands

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One Paddle, Two Paddle

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Pakala

No YouTube video found

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Pearly Shells

Pearly Shells (Pupu A ʻO ʻEwa) is an old Hawaiian song. The English lyrics were written by Webley Edwards and Leon Pober.

See historical note below.

Pearly Shells by Don Ho with Glen Campbell on the Ukulele (1969)

Pearly Shells by Ray Conniff and the Singers

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Pearly Shells / Ka’ahupahau

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Pipi Kiwi Nui

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Pu’a Mana

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Pu’a Mana / Seabreeze

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Princess Pu-pu-lay

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Quicksilver Morning

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Red Sails in the Sunset

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Song of Old Hawaii by Gordon Beecher & John Noble (1938)

Song of Old Hawaii by Charles Kaipo

Song of Old Hawaii by Hawaii Calls

Song of Old Hawaii by Kaleo Naea of Kaua'i

Song of Old Hawaii by Bing Crosby

Song of Old Hawaii by Andy Williams

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Sweet Singing Bamboo

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Tiny Bubbles

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Waimanalo Blues

Waimanalo Blues by Don Ho, "The Legend Collection"

Waimanalo Blues by Country Comfort

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White Sandy Beach of Hawaii

White Sandy Beach of Hawaii by Israel ("Iz") Kamakawiwo'ole

White Sandy Beach of Hawaii by Israel ("Iz") Kamakawiwo'ole

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Keep Your Eyes on the Hands

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I Miss You My Hawaii

I Miss You, My Hawai'i by Kenneth Makuakane

I Miss You My Hawai'i by Kenneth Makuakane

I Miss You My Hawai'i by Kenneth Makuakane from his CD "Anthology II"

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Sweet and Slow

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Ten Feet Away

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Love and Honesty

Love and Honesty by “The Hawaiian Style Band”

Love and Honesty by Katie & Her Dad

Love and Honesty by Princess Halakahiki

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Poli’ahu

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Beautiful Kaua’i

Beautiful Kauai by Nathan Aweau

Beautiful Kauai by Don Ho

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Blue Hawaii (Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger, 1937)

Written for the 1937 Paramount Pictures film "Waikiki Wedding," starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Crosby recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was released in 1937 as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani." This reached the No. 5 spot in the charts of the day during a 13-week-stay. The song subsequently received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the 1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart for twenty consecutive weeks. "Blue Hawaii" was the first of three Elvis films to be shot in Hawaii, followed by "Girls! Girls! Girls!" in 1962 and "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" in 1965. Blue Hawaii, Wikipedia

Blue Hawaii by Elvis Presley (1961)

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Days of My Youth

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I’ll Remember You

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Kawena

Kawena by Chino Montero

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Opihi Man

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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Surfin’ USA

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To You Sweetheart Aloha

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You Ku’uipo

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Hawai’ian Sup’paman

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Lover of Mine

Lover of Mine by Israel (Iz) Kamakawiwo'ole

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E Huli Makou

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Molokai Slide (Tad Suckling)

The Story of the Mololai Slide, Version 1

The Story of Mololai Slide, Version 2 (with difficult background noise at the beginning)

Moloka'i Slide by Ehukai

Moloka'i Slide by George Kahumoku, Jr.

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Fish and Poi

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Take Me Home Country Road (Key of C)

Take Me Home Country Road (Key of G)

Take Me Home, Country Roads by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

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Hanalei Moon

Hanalei Moon by Bob Nelson

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H59_G

Anthem To Musubi (Key of C)

Anthem to Musubi (Key of G)

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Mahalo Nui (Key of C)

Mahalo Nui (Key of G)

Mahalo Nui (Key of F)

(Words by Harold Roes; Music by Carol Roes and Lloyd Stone, 1956)

A "Mele Keiki" (children's Hawaiian song) used to help teach the hula. Over the years, she conducted numerous workshops for teachers on how her songs should be presented, including pronunciation of the Hawaiian lyrics, the music, and gestures or dance motions. For some years it was the traditional closing song of the Kailua Madrigal Singers.

Mahalo Nui by Bill Aliiloa Lincoln (Bill Lincoln, Lei Cypriano, Eddie Pang)

Mahalo Nui by Leeward (LCC) Kanikapila Singers, 2011 LCC Spring Concert

Honolulu City Lights

Honolulu City Lights by Keola and Kapono Beamer