The blalahs were standing on the corner
Of King and Bethel Street
When up drove a big brown
Cha-ka-la-ka-lak
And out stepped Kanaka Pete
He had an old alualu shirt on
And great big luau feet
With a gallon oke and a bottle of beer
And twenty kids in the rumble seat
(He was a hard working man)
On the corner stood Bad John Baboza
The Bull of Bethel street
With a sneer he said
('E bull you like beef or what?")
And he challenged Kanaka Pete
Well, they both walked into Two Jacks
While the crowd there cleared the floor
And the rumble could be heard for miles around
From behind the Hale Inu door
(That's a drinking establishment in downtown
Honolulu)
Down the street came Auntie Clara
She's Kanaka Pete's dear loving wife
She wore a flower lei and a big muʻumuʻu
And a smile just as big as life
(She was a happy soul, she was)
She heard them fighting in Two Jacks
While the crowd there yelled for more
She hit the entrance with her big ʻōpū
And down came the tavern door
(She put up a big front)
- She hit Bad John with a left hook
- With a thud he hit the floor
- With her poi mixing arm
- She caught Kanaka Pete
- As he was running out the kitchen door
- Now if you're ever in Hawaiʻi
- Ask anyone you meet
- Auntie Clara is the brand new champ
- And she's the Bull of Bethel Street
- With a thud he hit the floor
Kuiokalani Lee
Source: Copyright 1964-65 Criterion Music
Corp