ʻUlili E - by George Keahi & Naope
Hui:  ʻUlili ē (ahahana ʻulili ehehene ʻulili ahahana) ʻUlili hoʻi (ehehene ʻulili ahahana ʻulili ehehene) ʻUlili holoholo kahakai ē O ia kai ua lana mālie Hone ana ko leo e ʻulili ē O kahi manu noho ʻae kai Kiaʻi ma ka lae aʻo kekaha ʻO ia kai ua lana mālie Hone ana ko leo kōlea ē Pehea ʻo Kahiki? Maikaʻi nō ʻO ia ʻāina ʻuluwehiwehi I hui pū ʻia me ke onaona	Chorus: The sandpiper The sandpiper returns Sandpiper runs along the beach Where the sea is peaceful and calm The voice of the sandpiper is soft and sweet Little bird who lives by the sea Ever watchful on the beaches Where the sea is calm The voice of the sandpiper is soft and sweet How are you, stranger? Very well You grace our land Where the sea is always calm
Source: J. Kanoa Martin - This verse is the only extant part of an old mele about birds and their calls, that migrate to Hawaiʻi. The ʻulili, wandering tattler (heteroscelus incanum) or sandpiper breeds in Alaska and the Yukon and migrates to Hawaiʻi in the winter. Translator unknown, Edited by Dr. Barbara Price, © Criterion Music Corp