# Hawaiian War Chant **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-war-chant/310365 "2005-06-29T15:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-war-chant/310365/1 "2005-06-29T15:30:08Z")
As I sit here thinking about Spike Jones and listening to The Pogues, _Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)_ comes to mind. Jones did a really wacky version of it. In The Haunted Tiki House (or whatever it’s called) at Disneyland, they play a sedate, ‘pretty’ version of it. What I’d like to find is a version that starts out sedately, and then turns up-tempo – IIRC, _The Lion King_ had a lyrics-changed version that was up-tempo. In my mind’s eye I imagine riding on Disneyland’s canoe ride, where the ‘guests’ paddle a large canoe, packed with a ‘picked crew’ and a clueless ‘guide’. As we paddle in unison, we break into the sedate opening of _Hawaiian War Chant_. Very pretty. Then we all begin paddling furiously while singing the up-tempo version while we watch the ‘guide’ stand helplessly. But then, my sanity has often been called into question. I’ve found the lyrics online, but I haven’t found _the_ version I want. I tried looking at iTunes, but my dial-up connection does not permit me to listen to the samples – I get about two seconds before it has to rebuffer. There are versions of the song that are instrumental, and there is the _Lion King_ version with the ‘wrong’ lyrics, and there is Jones’s version that is too wacky, and there are versions by Hawaiian vocalists that play it too straight. Does anyone have an idea of a version that matches what I’m looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-war-chant/310365/2 "2005-06-29T15:41:53Z")
If you’re crackin’ up from havin’ lack of shackin’ up If you’re crackin’ up from havin’ lack of shackin’ up If you’re crackin’ up, why doncha pack it up And find yourself a crazy kind of love? Ah–wei, lacka nookie’s got me Ah–wei, come on I wanna lay you Ah–wei, you gotta find yourself a crazy kind of love! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-war-chant/310365/3 "2005-06-29T15:43:33Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > If you’re crackin’ up from havin’ lack of shackin’ up > If you’re crackin’ up from havin’ lack of shackin’ up > If you’re crackin’ up, why doncha pack it up > And find yourself a crazy kind of love? Too late. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-war-chant/310365/4 "2005-06-29T20:41:27Z")
For your information: The Hawaiian War Chant was a lovely little love song called _Kaua i ka Huahua’i_ until that joker Johnny Noble uptempoed it!! :mad: :mad: :mad: In fact, if you translate the Hawaiian words, it’s downright pornographic. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-war-chant/310365/5 "2005-06-30T00:19:35Z")
Evidently it was written by the legendary Hawaiian king, Kamanawanalea.