- No keaha no `oe
- I hokio ai
- I ku'u ma`alo ana ae
- Lohe au i kou pio
- Huli mai au e nana i `oe
- E ka manu hokio
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- No keaha no `oe
- I ani mai ai
- I peahi ai ia'u
- E nau'e aku
- Ku nou mai au meka minoaka
- E ka sweet mahiehie
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- No keaha no `oe
- I a wihi mai au
- I'imo ai kou maka ia'u
- E kono mai ana ilaila
- He punua keia ua pa'a
- Ua pili mua me ia
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- A ua too late `oe e ka hoa
- E ho'ao nei e loa`a
- I hea no `oe i ka wa kuakahi
- Kou wa a'ohe hoapili
- Ina paha ua kou ka i'ini
- E pili ho`i kaua
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- Ha`ina mai ana kapuana
- No keaha ho`i ka pulale
- E kono mai e pili aku au
- E ho'oheno me `oe
- A ua too late `oe i ka hoa
- He punua keia ua pa`a
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- Why, tell me why,
- Did you whistle at me
- As I was walking by
- For it was an appealing
whistle
- Causing me to turn and look at
you
- O, you sweet whistling
bird
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- Why, tell me why,
- Did you beckon to me
- Inviting me to be
- There with you
- I just nodded with a
smile
- Like a precious flirt
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- Why, tell me why,
- Did you coax me to come to
you
- Winking inviting glances
- With your eyes
- I'm a bird already
caught
- Already spoken for
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- Alas, you are too late, my
friend
- In trying to win my
favors
- Where were you when I was
alone
- When I had no other
lover
- Perhaps then
- We could have been
together
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- So my story is told and my song
ended
- Why, tell me why, all this
attention
- You invite me to share your
favors
- My exciting one
- Alas, you are too late, my
friend
- I'm one already caught and
spoken for
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