- `Auhea iho nei la `o Makee
- A ka Malulani la e huli hele nei
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- Aia aku nei kahi i Kapa`a
- Ka waiho kapakahi i ka `apapa
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- O ke kani honehone a ke oeoe
- A e ha`i mai ana la i ka lono
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- `O ka hola `umi ia o ke aumoe
- Kä`alo Malulani mawaho pono
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- Kü mai Hailama pa`a i ka hoe
- Imua a ihope ke kulana nei
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- Akea ka moana nou e Makee
- Ma ke kai holuholu o ka `Ie`ie
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- Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana
- `Auhea iho nei la `o Makee
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- Where is the Makee
- The Malulani looks
everywhere
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- There she is at Kapa'a
- Keeled over on the reef
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- Softly sounds the
whistle
- Telling the news to be
heard
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- Ten o'clock at night
- The Malulani passes by
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- Hiram stands by and grasps the
paddle
- Bow to stern it careens
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- Broad is your ocean o
Makee
- And the swaying seas of
'Ie'ie
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- Tell the refrain
- Where is the Makee
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Source: Na Mele
o Hawai'i Nei by Elbert &
Mahoe - The ship, Makee, went on a reef at Kapa`a Kaua`i and
was found by another ship, the Malulani. The kaona has the
Makee as a woman who has deserted her lover and the
Malulani, searching for her in the `Ie`ie, channel between
Kaua`i and O`ahu. Hiram was an officer of the ship
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