Kawika
Composed By: Traditional
Performed By: The Sunday Manoa/Ka`au Crater Boys
Instrumental: Dm C Dm C
Dm A7 C7
Eia no Kawika ei hei, ka heke a`o na pua ei hei, ea ea ea, ea ea ea
F Bb F C7 F C C7 F-C7-F
Eia no Kawika ea, `o ka heke a`o na pua
F Bb F C7 F Em A7
Eia no Kawika ea, `o ka heke a`o na pua
Ka uila ma kahikina ei hei, malamalama Hawai`i ei hei, ea ea ea, ea ea ea
Ka uila ma kahiki- na ea, malamalama Hawai'i (one time, Em A7 @ end)
Ku`i e ka lono Pelekane ei hei, ho`olohe ke kuini o Palani ei hei,
Na wa`i e ka pua i luna ei hei, no Kapa`akea he makua ei hei, ea ea ea, ea ea ea
Na wa`i e ka pua i lu- na ea, no Kapa`akea he maku- a(one time, Em A7 @ end)
Ha`ina `ia mai ka puana ehe, o ka lani Kawika he inoa la, ea ea ea, ea ea ea
Hai`ina mai ka pua- na ea, ka lani Kawika he ino- a (2X's w/ turnaround like
first verse)
Instumental: Dm C
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The Brothers Cazimero also sings this song.
Kawika
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This is David
The greatest of all flowers
(He is) the lightning in the east
That brightens Hawai`i|
News reached England
Also heard by the French queen
Who is this flower of high rank?
Kapa`akea is his father
Tell the refrain
King David, is his name
Source: Baker Collection - This mele inoa for King David Kaläkaua (1836-1891)
relates how he appealed to England and France for financial aid for Hawai`i. He was refused.
The people of Hawai`i are called flowers. Caesar Kapa`akea, a great grandson of Chief Kame`eiamoku
was the father of King Kaläkaua and High Chiefess, Analea Keohokalole, a counselor to King Kamehameha III,
was his mother. Kaläkaua ruled from 1874-1891. The sign of the Kalakaua dynasty was the noonday sun
symbolized by a flaming torch at midday
Lono
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