There's a sunny little, funny little melody
that was started by a native down in Waikiki
He would gather a crowd down beside the sea
And they'd play his gay Hawaiian Chant.
Soon the other little natives started singing it
And the hula hula maidens starting swinging it
Like a tropical storm, that's the way it is,
funny little gay Hawaiian chant (fine)
|: Au... we... ta... huala :|
Though it started on an island down Hawaii way,
it's as popular in Tennessee or Iowa
If you wander into any cabaret,
you will hear this gay Hawaiian chant.
|: Au... we... ta... huala :|
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