Hu`ehu`e - Rose Simerson |
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| Keiki mai au no Hu`ehu`e Kîpuka ili a`o kani ka uwepa Ka waiho lau la 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 and Kahauanu and Tommy Lake are descendants of Kipikane, great grandaughter of Kamehameha I. This is their family song | |