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Tûtû - Dennis Kamakahi
Aloha a`e au i ku`u Tûtû Me kona pu`uwai lokomaika`i `O kona mino`aka i kona alo Ku`u wahi pu`uhonua i piha me ke aloha Ha`upu no au i kona leo nani Honehone me ke kani a ke kâhuli Noho iho `oia i ka noho paipai Mele `ana i kekahi mele ho`oluhiluhi Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana Aloha a`e au i ku`u Tûtû	I love my Tûtû With her generous heart Her smile on her face Is my place of refuge filled with love I remember her beautiful voice Sweet like the sound of the kâhuli She sits down on her rocking chair Singing a certain lullaby Thus ends the story I love my Tûtû
Source: The mana`o from Dennis Kamakahi - This song was written for my great grandmother, Jenny Makanui Foster Kamakahi, the 4th and last wife of Robert William Kamakahi. She lived in the Lunalilo Home for many years and when I would visit her, she would share stories of my family from Halawa Valley, Moloka`i. Her sharp wit and her recollection of life during the turn of the 20th century was fascinating. She was born 1898, at Kewalo, O`ahu and died in 1991, at the age of 92. Copyright 1987 Naukilo Publishing Co