Palisa (Paris) - Traditional
Palisa aku nei au I ka lele pāluna pōniuniu Nanea i ka lele a ka pāluna ʻAlawa iho ʻoe ani ka makani ʻĪnia aku nei au I ke kau ʻelepani ihu peleleu ʻAikupika aku nei au I ke kau kāmelo holo kapakahi I Palisa aku nei au Kūlanakauhale nani lua ʻole   ʻAlawa iho ʻoe i kahi kiʻi kole Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao kona kī ʻoni Mai punihei ʻoe i ka Haole Ka lima palamino na ʻaukake Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana Kūlanakauhale nani lua ʻole	I'm in Paris Flying dizzily in a balloon Fun to fly in a balloon You look down and the wind blows by I'm in India Riding on an elephant with a long nose I'm in Egypt Riding a camel running sideways I'm in Paris City beautiful without an equal Look at my dolly on its side A key to make it move Do not be fooled by the white man Whose hands make sausages vanish Tell the story Of the city beautiful without an equal
Source: Nā Mele o Hawaiʻi Nei by Elbert & Mahoe - This hula, popular at the California Fair of 1915, was composed by a youngster in a hospital, who had seen a movie and imagined himself in the exotic places mentioned in the song. The boy may have had Hansen's disease