What are the lyrics to Hawaiian War Chant ? They start “Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai”. (Not looking for The Lion King or Spike Jones lyrics.)
Eve
April 18, 2002, 1:34pm
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Hmmm . . . A Google search only turned up lots of CDs of it for sale, and the fact that it was written in 1929 by John Noble. Sorry—I can give you the naughty Bette Midler lyrics to it, if that’s any help . . .
astro
April 18, 2002, 1:53pm
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http://www.spaceagepop.com/hawaiian.htm
Kaua I Ka Huahua’i - by Prince Leleiohoku
Kaua I Ka Huahua’i - by Prince Leleiohoku
Kaua i ka huahua’iuhene la'i pili ko'olua Pukukui lua i ke koekoe
Hui:
Auhea wale ana oeu mea e lia neiapaapa mai oe O loaa pono kaua
I aloha wau ia oe I kau hanahana pono Lai ae ke kaunu me ia la Hoapaapa i ka manao
English translation
]You and I in the spray
Chorus:
Listen
I loved you
Eve
April 18, 2002, 2:33pm
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Hmmm . . . I wonder which version the '29 John Noble one was?
astro
April 18, 2002, 3:14pm
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http://home.swipnet.se/bigtony/slide/HawSongs.htm
Hawaiian War Chant - Hawaiian War Chant
This song has had a very checkered history, having started life as a love song - “Kaua I Ka Huahua’i” (We two in the spray). It was written by Prince Leleiohuko, brother of Princess Liliuokalani, in the 1860s, and has, in fact, been recorded as originally concieved, in a slow and romantic mood. It was Johnny Noble who completely changed the tempo, although, strangely enough, not the words! Andy Iona and Ray Kinney later featured it at the Lexington Hawaiian Room as a “war chant”, and over the years it has been recorded hundereds of times in as many different ways. Perhaps the most famous version is Spike Jones’s hilarious “murder” of the song. It has also been recorded with the title “Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai”.