Lyr Add: He 'Ono (Hawaiian)

18 Apr 06 - 07:37 PM (#1721424)
Subject: Lyr Add: He 'Ono (Hawaiian)
From: chico

  G
  He keu a ka 'ono ma-ke alopiko la                                Oh, how delicious is the belly
          C
  Kahi momona piko ka nenue la                                        The fattest part of the pilot fish
             G
  Liha liha wale ke momoni aku la                                        So rich when swallowed
  
  O ka 'o'io halale ke kai la                                        The bone fish with thick gravy
          C
  O ka 'opelu e pepenu ana la                                        The mackerel, dunked in sauce
  
  HUI
           G                  D7               G
  He 'ono toumi ta ho'i tau i to pu'u te momoni a. . .ku                Delicious tasting, a delight to the throat to swallow
         D7                                           
  |: He 'ono a he 'ono a he 'ono 'i'o no o no                        Delicious, delicious, delicious Indeed, how delicious
                G
     A he 'ono no :|
  
  [OMITA INFRA:]
  
  HUI
         G                  D7               G
  He 'ono toumi ta ho'i tau i to pu'u te momoni aku
  D7                                          G
  Manapua, manapua, pepeiao, okole. A he 'ono no
  
   
  Mai pi'ikoi 'oe i ke akule lâ                Don't choose only the scad fish
  A he i'a 'âha'i i ka hohonu lâ                The fish of the depths
  Ho'i iho 'oe i kahi 'anae lâ                Pay some attention to the mullet
  Me ka manini pûlehu 'ia lâ                And the reef surgeonfish cooked on the coals
  'O ke kole ê ka i'a maka onaona lâ        And the surgeonfish with the bright sweet eyes
  He 'ono to mito ho'i tau i                Delicious tasting
  Tou pu'u te momoni aku                        A delight to the throat to swallow
  
   
  

[He'Ono (Delicious) - Words & Music by Bina Mossman. Source: Baker Collection - It is said this was written while the composer was in the bathtub Translated by Kamehameha Schools HSI, Copyright 1961-66 Criterion Music Corp.]

For music sample see Ka'au Crater Boys 'Making Waves' album.

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18 Apr 06 - 10:41 PM (#1721571)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: He 'Ono (Hawaiian)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

Bina Mossman composed several songs which are still popular in Hawai'i. "Lae Lae," "Stevedore Hula" and "Niu Haohao" (young coconuts) are also typical of her gay, simple songs, all written in Hawaiian. She is well-known in the Islands for the choral groups she led, over the period 1914-1958.

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