"Aloha Punalu'u", a song for a special place

Here's a classic Hawaiian song which recalls the beauty of Punalu'u, an area on the Big Island in the district of Ka'u. The lyrics talk about the sea spray, the cool water than flows from the mountain and the good fishing there.

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Music

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• hawaii
• hawaiian
• mele
• song
• ukulele

[level10druid]

Howzit Uncle, Can you post the chords? The vamp seems to be D7-G7-C, but I can't tell what the rest are since I'm still new to the uke. This is one of my favorite hawaiian falsetto songs- Mahalo nui for posting it on youtube!

[JesseTinsley]

The vamp is D7-G7-C.

[C]Aloha Punalu`u, [F]i ka [Fm]`ehu [C]kai

Ke [G7]kai kokolo a`o Pu`u[C]moa.

Good luck.

[JesseTinsley]

I have never been to the Big Island and this summer was to be our first visit, but the economy is putting a kink in our plans. I think the best Hawaiian music --very deep, very Hawaiian--comes from the Big Island.

[kd5txo]

Nice song and nice falsetto. Very nice. Think I'll try to do an instrumental version of this sometime. Although the poetry is the best part of the song IMHO.

[JesseTinsley]

It's a truly Hawaiian song and the lyrics are beautiful.

[kd5txo]

It's also a song that requires considerable care in matching the lyrics to the beat and you have done an admirable job of artfully singing this song and preserving the clear pronunciation through all the twists and turns of the melody and beat. Bottom line: nahenahe !

[UnaCinzia123]

Mahalo nui loa, Jesse. Beautiful song, beautiful Punalu'u. Will you come back to the Big Island soon?