- Kaulana ka inoa a o Malolo
- Mahimahi `oe o ke kai o Maleka
Ahe nani hiehie kou o neke
- Meke anianiku e kilohi nei
Uluwehiwehi ke kaona i ka`u ike
- Au waa Malolo a Kamehameha
Ho`okomo ike awa a`o Mamala
- Me ke kapa ahuula kau po`ohiwi
Lei ana i ka pua ka liko lehua
- O wili ia me maile lauli`i
E ô ê Malolo i kou inoa
- Ke kuini o ka moana Pakipika
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- Famous is the name of the
Malolo
- You're a dolphin in the sea of
America
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- How delightful is your
deck
- The sea is like a mirror one
can gaze into
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- I see the town so verdant and
beautiful
- The Malolo sails the route of
Kamehameha's canoes
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- Entering Mamala channel
- With red feather cloaks worn on
the shoulders
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- Wearing leis of lehua
buds
- Entwined with small leafed
maile
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- We call your name Malolo, you
answer
- Queen of the Pacific
Ocean
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Source: Noble's Hawaiian Hulas, Copyright
1963 Miller Music Corp - Written for the Matson liner, Malolo, (later
re-named the Matsonia) that sailed between San Francisco
and Hawai`i. In 1929, localites returning home compared their
trip to ancient voyagers who sailed with Kamehameha I over
the same route. The Matsonia served the Hawaiian Islands for 21 years
and was finally sold in 1948. Translator unknown, Recorded by Kahauanu
Lake Trio "Ke
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