# Hawai'ian folksong stuck in my head.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 6, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-folksong-stuck-in-my-head/627436 "2012-07-06T17:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-folksong-stuck-in-my-head/627436/1 "2012-07-06T17:18:01Z")

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Called “Pula na manu” maybe?  
We learned it when I was in second grade at Hilo Union. It was something like—

- “Pula na manu e kalu’a lana ei’i e, kele kele kele haunale’e”\*  
Sorry for the horrible spelling. As it was the late 1970’s, we also learned “Ulili E”. Sadly, I don’t think the Beamers recorded this one.

Help?

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-folksong-stuck-in-my-head/627436/2 "2012-07-06T22:59:55Z")

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Doesn’t ring a bell (went to school a tad south east of you where we sang Ka leo o ka manu a whole lot. . .). Isn’t kelekele mud?

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-folksong-stuck-in-my-head/627436/3 "2012-07-07T01:19:50Z")

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Also doesn’t ring a bell for me. I went to elementary school on Oahu in the early '80s, and we sang Hawaii Pono’i.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-folksong-stuck-in-my-head/627436/4 "2012-07-07T01:31:37Z")

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Poi Dog Pondering had a song called _Te Manu Pukarua_. It doesn’t seem to match your lyrics very well, but at least it’s got the “manu”.