Huʻehuʻe - Rose Simerson |
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Keiki mai au no Huʻehuʻe ʻea ʻeā Kîpuka ʻili aʻo kani ka uwepa Ka waiho laulā kaʻu aloha ʻea ʻeā Kuʻu lio puakea haʻa i ke kula Maikaʻi Huʻehuʻe e waiho nei ʻea ʻeā Hoʻokahi nō hewa he ulua ʻole Ua hoʻi ka ulua i Kahaluʻu ʻea ʻeā I ke ani peahi lau o ka niu A komo i ka malu lau kukui ʻea ʻeā Hoʻolaʻi nā iwa oia uka Haʻinaʻ`ia mai ana ka puana ʻea ʻeā Kipuka ili aʻo kani ka uwepa |
From childhood at Hu`ehu`e I learned to throw a lasso and crack the whip The broad open plains I love My white horse goes prancing in the high pasture land Hu`ehu`e is a fine place, lying there below Too bad there‘s not even one fish (cowboy) The cowboys went to Kahulu`u town Where the palm leaves beckon In the kukui leaf shade The birds of the upland are made still The story is told Of learning to throw a lasso and crack the whip |
Source: Kahauanu Lake Trio, "Ke Poʻokela", Volume II Album - Huʻehuʻe is a ranch in Kona started by the Stillman family and John Palmer Parker of the Parker ranch. The Stillmans, Kahauanu and Tommy Lake are descendants of Kipikane, great-grandaughter of Kamehameha I. This is their family song |