Hukilau - by Jack Owens
Oh we're going to a hukilau A huki huki huki huki hukilau Everybody loves the hukilau Where the laulau is the kaukau at the luau We throw our nets out into the sea And all the amaama come a swimming to me Oh, we're going to a hukilau A huki huki huki hukilau Chorus: What a beautiful day for fishing That old Hawaiian way Where the hukilau nets are swishing Down in old Laie bay Oh we're going to a hukilau A huki huki huki huki hukilau Everybody loves the hukilau Where the laulau is the kaukau at the luau We throw our nets out into the sea And all the amaama come a swimming to me Oh, we're going to a hukilau A huki huki huki hukilau
Source: One night, in 1948, the composer was suffering aches and pains after attending a hukilau at Laie. He wrote this song, introduced it publicly at a Methodist lu`au in Honolulu and it became an instant success.