Laupâhoehoe Hula (Boy from Laupâhoehoe) Words by Mary Pukui, Music by Irmgard Farden Aluli
Eia mai au `o ka boy lä A`o Laupähoehoe lä Kihikihi nä po`ohiwi lä Pükonakona ke kino lä   Mea `ole ka pi`ina pali lä Ka ihona me nä `alu lä I ke kahawai aku wau lä I ka `o`opu nä wao lä   `O ka hoe wa`a ia hana lä I ke kai hänupanupa lä `A`ohe a`u mea ho`opo la I nä `ale o ke kai lä   Ho`i mai au a ka hale lä Nunui nä miki `ai lä Kü `ono`ono o loko lä Pükonakona ke kino lä   Ha`ina mai ka puana lä Eia mai au `o ka boy lä A`o Laupähoehoe lä Kihikihi nä po`ohiwi lä	Here am I, the boy From Laupahoehoe Broad are my shoulders Husky is my body   I don't mind climbing the cliffs And going down the slopes To the stream I go For the fresh water fish   In a canoe I paddle Out in the surging sea There is nothing I fear Over the waves of the sea   I return to my home And eat big fingers of poi I fill my opu To keep my body healthy   Thus ends my story Of myself, the boy From Laupahoehoe With broad shoulders
Source: Copyright 1963 Criterion Music Corp. - In the late 1950's, as the composer, Irmgard Aluli, was doing her housework, Laupâhoehoe, a little village on a tiny promontory hit by the tidal wave of April, 1946, stuck in her mind. A short time later, it came to her again, prompting her to call Mary Pukui who referred her to someone familiar with the place. Gaining insight, Irmgard called Mary Pukui again to tell her of what she had learned. Mary then wrote some lyrices about a boy from Laupâhoehoe, called Irmgard back, who immediately sat down, picked out the tune on her ukulele, which came to her quickly, and completed the song in a few minutes. This song, composed on the phone, was recorded by Bill Kaiwa in 1963, and became an instant hit. It became an even bigger hit when Leon Pober gave it English lyrics and called it "Happy Me". Copyright 1963,66,67,94 Criterion Music Corp
Happy Me
Ev'rybody knows I got a happy life Got no troubles and I got no wife Free-er than bird in a banyan tree I'm the original Happy Me Never have a worry livin' on the beach Ev'rying I want is in my reach Catch a little dinner from the bright blue sea Eat it with a haole gal crazy for me Oh, I do a lot of swimmin' when the sun is bright Do a lotta lovin' in the pale moonlight Don't know if it's better in the night or day But I'm very happy either way Back is strong and my shoulders broad Ride the ocean on my big surfboard Catch a wave that's bigger than a mountain high Jump on the shore and I'm still dry When I play my ukulele and I sing my song Nearly ev'rybody wants to sing a long Fish come a-swimmin' just to hear me too Throw'em in the pot and we got fish stew Back is strong and my shoulders broad Ride the ocean on my big surfboard Catch a wave that's bigger than a mountain high Jump on the shore and I'm still dry When I play my ukulele and I sing my song Nearly ev'rybody wants to sing a long Fish come a-swimmin' just to hear me too Throw'em in the pot and we got fish stew