Kanakanui Hotel - by Sam Alama & Tom Pahu
He wahine Kanaka
Inu i ka ʻawa kāhiʻōhiʻō
Sure kēlā
Kanakanui Hotel

He wahine Kepanī
Inu i ka sake too muchee daikon
Sure kēlā
Yamashiro Hotel

He wahine Pākē
ʻAi i ka licee too muchee saimin
Sure kēlā
Ah Leong Hotel

He wahine Haole
Inu i ka oke to muchee honihoni
Sure kēlā
Royal Hawaiian Hotel

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana
Inu i ka pia sāhiʻohiʻo
Sure kēlā
Kanakanui Hotel

 Hawaiian women
Drink ʻawa and get drunk
Surely
At Kanakanui Hotel

Japanese women
Drink sake and eat too much pickled turnip
Surely
At Yamashiro Hotel

Chinese women
Eat rice and too much saimin
Surely
At Ah Leong Hotel

Haole women
Drink ʻōkolehao and kiss too much
Surely
At Royal Hawaiian Hotel

Tell the refrain
Drink beer and stagger
Surely
At Kanakanui Hotel
Source Noble’s Hawaiian Hulas Copyright 1929, 57 Miller Music Corp Female ethnic humor, a part of Hawaiian culture and music, is presented in pidgin English.