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04 Jun 99 - 05:02 PM (#84046) Subject: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Joyce Ubl Can anyone tell me the lyrics for this Hawaiian song? |
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04 Jun 99 - 06:07 PM (#84062) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Mark Cohen The only lines I remember are: I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii Where the humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming by. I live on the other side of the Big Island from Kealakekua, and I'll try to find the rest of the song, though I'm sure one of the wonderful Mudcat wizards will beat me to it. The fish with the long name is known in English as the reef triggerfish, and it's the state fish. Pronounce it humu-humu-nuku-nuku-ah-pu-ah-ah. "Apua'a" is Hawaiian for "pig", and the name means something like fish with the nose of a pig. Aloha. |
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05 Jun 99 - 02:57 AM (#84174) Subject: Lyr Add: MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA... From: Gene From the Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) Collection MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KE-A-LA-KE-KUA, HAWAII Words & Music by: Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison & Johnny Noble I wanna go back to my Little Grass Shack In Ke-a-la-ke-kua, Hawaii I want to be with all the ka-nes and wa-hi-nes that I knew long ago I can hear old guitars a playing on the beach at ho-o-nau-nau I can hear the Hawaiians saying Ko-mo-mai no ka-u-a i-ka ha-le we-la-ka-hao It won't be long 'til my ship will be sailing back to Ko-na A grand old place that's always fair to see I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homesick Inland boy I want to go back to my fish and poi I want to go back to My Little Grass Shack In Ke-a-la-ke-kua, Hawaii Where the Hu-mu-hu-mu, Nu-ku-nu-ku a pu-a-a goes swiming by Where the Hu-mu-hu-mu, Nu-ku-nu-ku a pu-a-a goes swimming by.^^ Added to DT Oct 1998. |
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05 Jun 99 - 10:03 AM (#84211) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: dick greenhaus Hi Gene- for a contrast check out John Prine's "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian" |
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05 Jun 99 - 11:14 AM (#84216) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Gene truly a WILD AND CRAZY GUY... and author the classic hit - PARADISE! |
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04 Jul 03 - 06:50 AM (#976538) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Mark- where can I find the tune? |
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04 Jul 03 - 09:44 AM (#976621) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Ralphie Could this be related to the version by Jimmy Jensen (The Singing Swede) ?? I wanna go back to my little old shack in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (A-Wa-Hoody-Doo) etc... It has the immortal line whilst our hero describes his lady..... "She sits and cracks her knuckles, looking forward to the day.!!" Probably not, but a fine song, nonetheless! And, it seems to have some sort of Hawaian slide guitar as a bridge between the verses!....Quite bizarre! Yours (While the Kippers and the Mackeral, and the Lutefish go svimming by!") Ralphie |
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05 Jul 03 - 02:59 AM (#977148) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: CRANKY YANKEE I have the sheet music. Send regular E-mail adress, I';; scan it and send it to you. Twas the first English language song I ever learned, by the way. I'd learned a little ditty in "Calabrese Italian" previouwsly, called "Cci-ci ranella" I was 3 years old. |
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05 Jul 03 - 03:02 AM (#977150) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: CRANKY YANKEE My regular E'Mail is. crankyyankee3@wmconnect.com. If you don't read music, I'll send you a tape or disc via snail mail Jody. |
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05 Jul 03 - 03:53 AM (#977154) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Stewie Animaterra The delightful Kanui and Lula did a recording of this. It is reissued on Various Artists 'Vintage Hawaiian Music: Steel Guitar Masters 1928-1934' Rounder CD 1052. If you would like to dip into vintage Hawaiian music, this album and its companion ['The Great Singers' Rounder CD 1053] would be good starting points - and then move on to the Halequin label offerings. --Stewie. |
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05 Jul 03 - 03:54 AM (#977155) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Billy the Bus G'day, I've just posted a request to Radio NZ to find it their archive, and play it for me on next SatNight request.... Ohh... Go Away! Right at the moment they are playing Tom Lehrer's "We'll All Go Together When We Go" - 1960 - prophetic wasn't it? Cheers - Sam |
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05 Jul 03 - 10:58 AM (#977288) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST,Dale Now I don't want to risk losing my seat on the OT board, but Lisa Loeb has a way better than average version on last year's Disney compilation, Lilo & Stitch: Island Favorites AND you get the added bonus of an Elvis Hawaiian song(guess which one?), Annette doing Pineapple Princess, Harry Belafonte ~~ Island In The Sun . . . Check out the sound file. |
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05 Jul 03 - 11:02 AM (#977290) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: DonMeixner So place I have a recording of Dave Von Ronk doing this tune. Fits the voice really well. Don |
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05 Jul 03 - 11:36 AM (#977305) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Jim Dixon This discography says that "My Little Old Shack in Minneapolis Minnesota" was recorded in 1950 by Harry Stewart, who usually performed under the name Yogi Yorgesson, but sometimes as Harry Kari, Claude Hopper, or Klaus Hammerschmidt (depending, I suppose, on which accent he used, and which ethnic group he was satirizing). That web page also has sound samples of many of his recordings. I was able to transcribe this much:
(A-wahoo-de-hoo!) With the Petersons and Bjornsons and the Olsons that I knew long ago. (Dear hearts and yentle people!) I can see those Swedes all dancing. Them blonde girls sure look cute. Oh, I can hear those big Swedes hooting With a "hey-nonny-Svenska" and a "poop-poop-a-doop."… |
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05 Jul 03 - 02:24 PM (#977382) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST,Q The Johnny Noble song "My Little Grass Shack" first appeared in 1933 on the Brunswick label, Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Quartet, Brunswick 6704 (LA 83), Nov. 11, 1933. Noble, born in Honolulu, also composed "Hawaiian War Chant" and "I Want to Learn to Speak Hawaiian" (1934). |
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05 Jul 03 - 04:15 PM (#977440) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST Van Ronk's version is something to behold. Turn it up load, unlike Folk muisc. It's on "Songs For Aging Children" on the obscure (to me) Cadet lable, circa 1972. Little chance of a CD. |
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06 Jul 03 - 07:37 AM (#977714) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Genie Point of clarification: "Where the Hu-mu-hu-mu, Nu-ku-nu-ku a pu-a-a goes swiming by Where the Hu-mu-hu-mu, Nu-ku-nu-ku a pu-a-a goes swimming by." I thought the fish's name (Hawaii's state fish, I'm told) was spelled "humu-humu nuku-nuku a pua'a" or something close to that. Why was a comma inserted into the name in the lyrics above? Was that a mistake? |
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06 Jul 03 - 04:02 PM (#977891) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST,Q In Hawaiian legend, Kamapua'a escaped Pele by turning into a humu-humu ... and swimming away. Mostly called the rectangular triggerfish (from the shape of its fin) or the pignose triggerfish. No comma in the name, dashes usually inserted as shown by Genie, add dashes in the last part as well- nuku-a-pua'a. This is not correct, but helps the haole to pronounce it. The fish was only elected for a five-year term, the idea being to rotate the post of State fish among other popular fish. Has there been a successor? humuhumu- to sew nuku- mouth, snout nukunuku- to find fault (when the fish is taken out of water, it releases a grunt- is this the reason for this part of the name?) pua'a- a pig. |
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07 Jul 03 - 01:24 PM (#978398) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: M.Ted I have an MP3 of the original hit(Number One on the Billboard Charts the week of March 3, 1934) by Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra, if anyone is interested, PM your e-mail address--they played an important part in the popularization of Hawaiian music, though to the discerning ear, they sound a lot like a sweet band-- |
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07 Jul 03 - 02:37 PM (#978459) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST,Q The broadcasts of "Hawai'i Calls" also did much to popularize the songs of musicians in Hawai'i, including "My Little Grass Shack," which appears on several recordings produced by Webley Edwards from the Moana Hotel on Waikiki Beach. Toward the end of "Hawaii Calls," Some recordings including "My Little Grass Shack...." were put out in stereo by Webley Edwards, with The Hawai'i Calls Orchestra and Chorus and Al Kealoha Perry. Capitol DT-715. This LP is still readily available in used record shops. |
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07 Jul 03 - 04:59 PM (#978538) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: fsharpdim7 Arthur Godfrey had a somewhat dysfunctional career, but didn't we all start out in folk music with his little plastic uke? Mine had buttons that you pushed for chords, like an autoharp. What marketing genius came up with that? And who can forget those early tv shows from "Ha-way-ya" with Haleloke (?) singing those great Hawaiian songs? On a more current note, if you're ever in Honolulu, follow the Kodak show band after the show and listen to them jam - that's the real thing! Chris, in Chicago |
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07 Jul 03 - 06:08 PM (#978583) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Mark Cohen The Kodak Hula Show has strummed its last, I'm afraid. I think the last show was a few months ago. I saw quite a few humuhumunukunukuapua'a this past Saturday...in Kealakekua Bay, as a matter of fact! Then on Sunday morning I spent about two hours swimming with about a hundred spinner dolphins in Honaunau Bay, the next one down the coast. Now I'm back home in Honolulu, but I'm still floating! Aloha, Mark |
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07 Jul 03 - 07:02 PM (#978627) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: M.Ted I remember listening to "Hawaii Calls" on those bitter cold winter nights back in Michigan--Used to give me the same pangs that Mark's post does--You are living the life that I dreamed of, Mark, Spam and all-- |
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08 Jul 03 - 07:55 AM (#978924) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: AllisonA(Animaterra) So,what does "Ko-mo-mai no ka-u-a i-ka ha-le we-la-ha-hao" mean? It's what "I can hear the Hawaiians saying" in this song! |
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08 Jul 03 - 09:22 AM (#978971) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST The sound you don't hear is GuestQ flipping through his library of books so he can throw something "so profound" off the top of his head. Is someone with 1900 postings a "guest"? |
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08 Jul 03 - 02:58 PM (#979188) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST Anyone have chords for "Little Grass Schack"? |
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09 Jul 03 - 12:12 AM (#979495) Subject: Chords Add: MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA... From: Mark Cohen I don't speak Hawaiian, and most Hawaiian words have quite a few meanings depending on the context, and Hawaiian, like Japanese, uses a whole lot of particles--little words that alter the meaning of the words they precede or follow. However, I'm guessing the phrase would be "Komo mai no ka ua i ka hale wela ka hau," and I would guess that a very, very, VERY rough translation might possibly be something like: "Come on in, make a lot of noise, warm up this cold place." But the emphasis is on "guess"--I'd be happy to defer to somebody who knows better. Here are chords, courtesy of Jim Beloff's book, "Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Gems." I highly recommend Jim's books, available through Flea Market Music. MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII (c) 1933 Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, and Johnny Noble [ukulele in standard tuning, GCEA] I want to go [Bb]back to my little grass shack In Kealake[G7]kua, Ha[C7]wai'i I [Bbdim]want to [F7]be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long a[Bb]go [D7][Gm][Bb] I can [D7]hear old guitars a-playing On the [G7]beach at Ho-onaunau* I can [C7]hear the Hawaiians saying, "Komo [F7]mai no ka ua i ka hale wela ka hau" It won't be [Bb]long 'til my ship will be sailing [G7]back to [C7]Kona A [F7]grand old place that's always fair to [D7]me I'm [G7]just a little Hawaiian and a homesick island boy I [C7]want to go back to my fish and [Bbdim]poi I want to go [Bb]back to my little grass shack In Kealake[G7]kua, Ha[C7]wai'i Where the [F7]Humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming [Bb]by Where the [F7]Humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming [Bb]by([Bbdim][F7]) Have fun! Aloha, Mark *It should be "Honaunau" -- they may have been confusing it with "Ho'okena" down the coast. |
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09 Jul 03 - 02:33 PM (#980013) Subject: Chords Add: MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA... From: Genie GuestQ, thanks so much for the brief hx and the etymology of the fish's name! MTed, I'd love it if you'd email me an MP3 of the original "Little Grass Shack..." song! Mark, interestingly, I use different chords than those posted in the thread, and I play it in C, with only C, C7, G, G(7), A7, F, D,D7,and E7 (not in that order), and it sounds fine to me. I'll have to listen to the original and see (hear) if they're doing something substantially different. The chords Gene posted, transposed to the key of C, would be: MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII © 1933 Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, and Johnny Noble I want to go [C]back to my little grass shack In Kealake[A7]kua, Ha[D7]wai'i. I [Cdim]want to [G7]be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long a[C]go. [E7][Am][C] I can [E7]hear old guitars a-playing On the [A7]beach at Ho-onaunau.* I can [D7]hear those Hawaiians saying, "Komo [G7]mai no ka ua i ka hale wela ka hau." It won't be [C]long 'til my ship will be sailing [A7]back to [D7]Kona, A [G7]grand old place that's always fair to [E7]see! I'm [A7]just a little Hawaiian and a homesick island boy. I [D7]want to go back to my fish and [Cdim]poi. I want to go [C]back to my little grass shack In Kealake[A7]kua, Ha[D7]wai'i Where the [G7]Humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming [C]by Where the [F7]Humuhumunukunukuapua'a goes swimming [Bb]by([Bbdim][F7]) |
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09 Jul 03 - 03:59 PM (#980077) Subject: Chords Add: MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA... From: M.Ted If it is a little hard to figure out what Mark has posted, here are my chords, in a more standard sort of format-- Let's assume that, for some godawful reason, you want to play this song in Bb as Mr. Beloff has set it down, just play these chords four counts to the measure (which means two counts for each chord symbol). Don't think too hard, just play what's written, and you should be able to figure out where the lyrics fall in(if you can't, you need to break down and buy the sheet music). Start out with your typical Hawaiian "One intro fits All" Intro, the lyrics start on the second F7): |C7 C7/F7 F7/Bb Bb/F7 F7| (2x)||:Bb Bb/Bb6 Bb6/ C6 C6/C6 C6/ F7 F7/F7 F7/Bb Gb7/F7 F7:|| (Bridge) |D7 D7/D7 D7/G7 G7/G7 G7/ C7 C7/ C7 C7/F7 F7/F7 F7/ |Bb Bb/Bb6 Bb6/ C6 C6/C6 C6/ F7 F7/F7 F7/D7 Db7/D7 D7/ G7 G7/G7 G7/C7 C7 C7/C7 C7/ |Bb Bb/Bb6 Bb6/ C6 C6/C6 C6/ (2x)||:F7 F7/F7 F7/BbBb/Eb Ebm/Bb Bb:|| |
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10 Jul 03 - 02:13 PM (#980733) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Renegade Jeez...I must be really old. Doesn't anyone remember the Little Rascals doing this song? I wanna say Alfalfa, but it may have been Darla and Alfalfa. Or just Darla. Hell, I don't remember who, I just remember it was one of the big numbers at the show in the barn. Someone please post that they remember too. Lie if you must. Bill |
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11 Jul 03 - 10:57 AM (#981273) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: M.Ted I remember, Bill--I really do--I just forgot. The reason that we all like this song is because we remember hearing Alfalfa, Arthur Godfrey, Cliff Edwards, Dennis Day,( name who you want, because everyone used to sing this song(, and it helps us to recapture a part of our lives that has disappeared-- |
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11 Jul 03 - 01:23 PM (#981369) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Confession Time... I first thought of learning this song on the uke whilst at Old Songs Festival a few weeks ago, when 'Catter Jeri and I were chatting about my new favorite instrument and what I should teach my students. She said, "Oh, you've gotta do like the Little Rascals, I wanna go back to my little grass shack... I thought it was a brilliant idea! And the rest is history... |
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11 Jul 03 - 11:42 PM (#981634) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Mark Cohen On a uke in standard GCEA tuning, Bb plays like a 4-string F on the guitar, G7 is like D7, and C7 is like a 4-string G7 (first fret on the top (A) string, other three open), so it's not quite as daunting as it looks. Aloha, Mark |
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12 Jul 03 - 09:28 AM (#981781) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: M.Ted Unless you're not playing a uke- |
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13 Jul 03 - 06:50 AM (#982266) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Mark Cohen Well, that's why God created capos.... Aloha, Mark |
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13 Jul 03 - 10:52 AM (#982353) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: M.Ted Anyway, the real way to tune a uke is ADF#B--what about that, oh great Kahuna? |
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25 Mar 06 - 03:50 PM (#1702692) Subject: Lyr Add: I wanna go back to little grass shack From: chico
[Source Noble's Hawaiian Favorites Copyright 1933, 1961 Miller Music Corp, - This song was introduced in Kona, Hawai'i at the July 4th canoe races, 1933. Harrison gave the song to John Noble to publish, who revised the music to give it an almost new melody without changing Cogswell's words. This was done to dispel the claim that others had written the song. Once published, the song became a smash hit. Noble turned over the royalties to the Sherman Clay Co. in San Francisco for $500.00 advance royalty, giving the credit to Cogswell and Harrison. Kealakekua is the bay where Captain Cook was killed in 1779. Hônaunau is the ancient City of Refuge and Kona is the district where both are located on the Big Island.] |
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26 Mar 06 - 02:22 PM (#1703273) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: chico Updated chords
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03 Sep 11 - 02:32 AM (#3217442) Subject: RE: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: GUEST,drjackcv Great song, but Jonny Noble has been laughing for 80 years as young girls hula while their fathers sang "Komo mai no kaua i ka hale welakahao." The sentence means "Come with me, just us two, to our house of making whoopee." These are the literal translations: KOMO MAI = come (toward me) Pidgin Como = come Samoan mai = toward me NO KAUA = only you and I Samoan na'o = only ta'ua = you and I I KA HALE = to the house Samoan to our house WELAKAHAO = wela ka hao = (making whoopee!) WELA = hot Samoan vevela = hot KA HAO = the iron Personally, I sing "Komo mai no kaua i kahakai hukilau" -- Come, just us two, to Hukilau beach. |
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03 Sep 11 - 07:04 AM (#3217512) Subject: RE: Lyr: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Max Johnson The Dead Sea Surfers sang this. Dave Mitchell played a Ukelele accompaniment. |
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03 Sep 11 - 04:38 PM (#3217710) Subject: RE: Lyr: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Cool Beans I love this song. It's my best-seller on itTunes, with sales in the low-to-mid double digits. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-want-to-go-back-to-my-little/id357953605?i=357954372&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 |
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03 Sep 11 - 04:46 PM (#3217716) Subject: RE: Lyr: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Joe Offer Ah, but nobody should buy just that one song, Cool Beans. Your entire Hat Album is a lot of fun. I really like it. Were you born in Michigan, too? [There's a song on the album titled "I Want To Go Back To Michigan," and it speaks to me more invitingly than the grass shack. Grass shacks make me think of humidity and bugs.] -Joe Detroiter- |
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03 Sep 11 - 05:22 PM (#3217731) Subject: RE: Lyr: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Depends on where you build your grass shack. Many beach or near-beach sites are very dry, in the arid- climatic realm, no mosquitos and few bugs. And if you keep the lamp lit, the little lizards will hang around and eat the bugs. drjacktv, komo mai is Hawai'ian for come towards me whan mai is used adjectively. Komo also means enter. Hao also means to rob, or a robber. Whatever, the double meaning is evident to Hawai'ians. Some hapa-haole singers have fitted other words but I don't know the language. There is one that implies sodomy, I was told. |
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04 Sep 11 - 10:07 AM (#3218003) Subject: RE: Lyr: I want to go back to my little grass shack... From: Cool Beans Thanks, Joe! I wasn't born in Michigan but I've lived there for more than 30 years. "I Want to go Back to Michigan" was written by Irving Berlin in 1914. As far as I've been able to determine, he had never set foot in Michigan at the time he wrote the song. |