Palisa (Paris) - Traditional
Palisa aku nei au I ka lele pâluna pôniuniu Nanea i ka lele a ka pâluna `Alawa iho `oe ani ka makani `Inia aku nei au I ke kau `elepani ihu peleleu `Aikupika aku nei au I ke kau kâmelo holo kapakahi I Palisa aku nei au Kûlanakauhale nani lua `ole   `Alawa iho `oe i kahi ki`i kole Aia ma ka `ao`ao kona ki`i ki `oni Mai punihei `oe i ka Haole Ka lima palamino na `aukake Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana Kûlanakauhale nani lua `ole	I'm in Paris Flying dizzily in a balloon Fun to fly in a balloon You look down and the wind blows by I'm in India Riding on an elephant with a long nose I'm in Egypt Riding a camel running sideways I'm in Paris City beautiful without an equal Look at my dolly on its side A key to make it move Do not be fooled by the white man Whose hands make sausages vanish Tell the story Of the city beautiful without an equal
Source: Nâ Mele o Hawai`i Nei by Elbert & Mahoe - This hula, popular at the California Fair of 1915, was composed by a youngster in a hospital, who had seen a movie and imagined himself in the exotic places mentioned in the song. The boy may have had Hansen's disease