
Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom and Willie K
Special | 26m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom and Willie K
Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom and Willie K
Nā Mele is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i

Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom and Willie K
Special | 26m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom and Willie K
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♪♪ Aloha!
My name is Uncle Willie K, along with two fine musicians over here, Mr. Jack Ofoia on bass, and Mr. Chino Montero over here on guitar.
We'd like to do for you two of one of my favorite songs, a medley of two songs called "Kau 'Elemakule" and "Pipi Kiwi Nui."
Really rascal songs.
And I hope you like it.
It goes like this: one... two... one, two, three, four.
♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪ My old man is a good old man.
♪ ♪ He washed his face in the frying pan.
♪ ♪ He combed his hair in the rocking chair.
♪ ♪ My old man is a good old man.
♪ ♪ C-a-t, popoki make a cat.
♪ R-a-t, iole make a rat.
♪ M-o-n-k-e-y, a keko make a monkey, no ke ea.
♪ ♪ D-o-g, ilio make a dog.
♪ P-i-g, pua'a make a pig.
♪ D-o-n-k-e-y, kekahe make a donkey, no ke ea.
♪ ♪ B-o-y, keiki kane.
♪ G-i-r-l, kaikamahine.
♪ O-l-d m-a-n, elemakule make a old man.
♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪ My old man is a good old man.
♪ ♪ He washed his face in the frying pan.
♪ ♪ He combed his hair in the rocking chair.
♪ ♪ My old man is a good old man.
♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ Chino.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Aloha, my name is Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom.
And the song I'd like to sing for you is a song that my grandmother wrote, Jennie Napua Hanaiali'i Woodd.
She was raised in Haleiwa and wrote this song in the 1930's.
One... two.
One, two, three, four.
♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Up in Haleiwa at the Sugar Ball, ♪ ♪ how we danced to music underneath the stars.
♪ ♪ By the old plantation in Wailua Town.
♪ ♪ Pu'ulei is where we fooled around.
♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Here's a song I recorded a couple years back, a song called "My Sweet Sweetie."
♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ My sweet sweetie.
♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪ My sweet sweet.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ My sweet sweetie.
♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪ My sweet sweet.
♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪ My sweet sweet.
♪ Aloha.
This next song I'd like to sing for you is a song that Willie wrote called "Pili Mai Noi Ka Ihu."
♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ This next song that I'd like to sing for you is a song that Willie wrote called "Malama Mau Hawai'i," which basically means the caring of our aina.
(Willie): two, three four.
♪♪ ♪♪ (singing in Hawaiian) ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ The falling leaves ♪ drift by my window.
♪ The falling leaves ♪ are of red and gold.
♪ I see your lips ♪ the summer kisses.
♪ The sunburned hands ♪ I used to hold.
♪ Since you went away, ♪ the days grow long.
♪ And soon I'll hear ♪ old winter's song.
♪ But I miss you most of all, ♪ ♪ my darling, ♪ when autumn leaves start to fall.
♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Since you went away, ♪ the days grow long.
♪ And soon I'll hear ♪ old winter's song.
♪ But I miss you most of all, ♪ ♪ my darling, ♪ when autumn leaves start to fall.
♪ ♪ I miss you most of all, ♪ my darling, ♪ when autumn leaves start to fall.
♪♪ ♪ when autumn leaves start to fall.
♪♪ ♪ when autumn leaves start to fall.
♪♪ Here's a song I'd like to do for you called "Spirits In The Wind."
Two... three... four.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Lost without a trace at all.
♪ ♪ Left their writings on the wall.
♪ ♪ Famous battles of long ago.
♪ ♪ Where did all the people go?
♪ ♪ I wish I knew what happened there.
♪ ♪ who and who were famous there.
♪ ♪ Tell me what the chances are ♪ ♪ to see them live among the stars.
♪ ♪ Kamakani, won't you blow ♪ tell me what I need to know.
♪ ♪ Should I walk tall and be proud?
♪ ♪ Are all the spirits crying loud?
♪ What would happen here today ♪ ♪ if we lived in the ancient ways.
♪ ♪ Should we all be so confused, ♪ ♪ or are we used to being abused?
♪ Kamakani, won't you blow ♪ tell me what I need to know.
♪ ♪ Should I stand tall and be proud?
♪ ♪ Are the spirits crying loud?
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let my blood boil in my soul.
♪ ♪ Kamakani, won't you start to blow.
♪ ♪ Take my spirit to the sky.
♪ ♪ In the heaven is where I learn.
♪ ♪ Kamakani, won't you blow.
♪ ♪ Tell me what I need to know.
♪ ♪ Should I walk tall and be proud?
♪ ♪ Are the spirits cryin' loud?
♪ ♪ Cryin' loud.
♪♪ ♪ Kamakani, won't you start to blow.
♪ ♪♪
Nā Mele is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i