Hu`ehu`e - Rose Simerson


Keiki mai au no Hu`ehu`e `eâ `eâ
Kîpuka `ili a`o kani ka uwepa

Ka waiho laulâ ka`u aloha `eâ `eâ
Ku`u lio puakea ha`a i ke kula

Maika`i Hu`ehu`e e waiho nei `eâ `eâ
Ho`okahi no hewa he ulua `ole

Ua ho`i ka ulua i Kahalu`u `eâ `eâ
I ke ani peahi lau o ka niu

A komo i ka malu lau kukui `eâ `eâ
Ho`ola`i nâ iwa oia uka

Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana `eâ `eâ
Kipuka ili a`o 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 Po`okela", Volume II Album - Hu`ehu`e 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