Kalani Käwika
(King David) - J. Kealoha
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- Eia nö Kawika e
- O ka heke a`o nä pua e
- Ka uwila ma ka hikina e
- Mälamalama Hawai`i e
- Ku`i e ka lono Pelekani e
- A lohe ke ku`ini `o Palani e
- Na wai e ka pua i luna e
- Na Kapa`akea he makua e
- Ha`ina `ia mai ka puana e
- Kalani Käwika he inoa
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King
Käwika Kaläkaua
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- This is David
- The greatest of all
flowers
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(He is) the lightning in the
east
- That brightens Hawai`i|
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News reached England
- Also heard by the French
queen
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Who is this flower of high
rank?
Kapa`akea is his father
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Tell the refrain
- King David, is his name
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Analea
Keohokalole
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Caesar
Kapa`akea
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Source: King's Hawaiian Melodies Copyright
1930, 43 - 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
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