- I Kanapou ka iʻa makaiāuli
- Me he pai puʻu ala i hoʻopuu ʻia
- Mai ka lae ʻo Hālona
- A ka ihu o ka lae ʻo Kaule lā
- ʻEa lā ʻea lā ʻeā
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- Hui:
- ʻO ka ʻopihi hālala lā ʻeā
- Hamohamo i ka pali hālala lā ʻeā
- Kolo i ka pōhaku hālala lā ʻeā
- Poʻipū ʻumiʻumi hālala lā ʻeā
- ʻEa lā ʻea lā ʻeā
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- `O ka iʻa ia i pokepoke ʻia
- E ka lēhia o ke kulu aumoe
- Hinuhinu wale i ka lihi o ke kai
- I ke kai oluhia o Kalapakea lā
- ʻEa lā ʻea lā ʻeā
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- At Kanapou is the dark-fleshed
limpet
- Clustered like little
hills
- From Hālona point
- All the way to the tip of Kaule
point
- Tra la la la
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- Chorus:
- The giant limpet, oh
- Rubs against the large cliff,
oh
- Crawls on the large rocks,
oh
- Covering up, enticing, large,
oh
- Tra la la la
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- It is the limpet that is
scooped out
- By the skilled fisherman of the
midnight hours
- Shining there at the sea's
edge
- The surging sea of
Kalapakea
- Tra la la la
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