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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 01:55 AM
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I want to go .......
I want to go back to little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawai`i
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines
That I used to know long ago

I can hear the old guitars playing
On the beach at Hônaunau
I can hear the old Hawaiians saying
Komo mai no kâua i ka hale welakahao

It won't be long till my ship will be sailing
Back to Kona
A grand old place
That's always fair to see, you're telling me

I'm just a little Hawaiian
A homesick island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi

I want to go back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawai`i
Where the humuhumunukunukuâpua`a
Go swimming by
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:10 AM
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1. didnt know you were a Hawaiian poet
:popcorn:
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:26 AM
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2. Original lyrics by Cogswell, music by Harrison and Noble.
Little Grass Shack

I want to go back to little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines
That I used to know long ago

I can hear the old guitars playing
On the beach at Hônaunau
I can hear the old Hawaiians saying
Komo mai no kâua i ka hale welakahao

It won't be long till my ship will be sailing
Back to Kona
A grand old place
That's always fair to see

I'm just a little Hawaiian
And a homesick island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi

I want to go back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawaii
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by.

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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 09:02 AM
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3. isn't this the song that Baby's sister sang at the talent show on
Dirty Dancing?
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 10:26 AM
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4. Ok... so "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian"
Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 10:27 AM by MissMillie
Well, I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
For the land of the tall palm tree
Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki
I just stepped down from the airplane
When I heard her say,
"Waka waka nuka licka, waka waka nuka licka
Would you like a lei? Eh?"

Chorus
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Whisper in my ear
Kicka pooka mok a wa wahini
Are the words I long to hear
Lay your coconut on my tiki
What the hecka mooka mooka dear
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Say the words I long to hear

It's a ukulele Honolulu sunset
Listen to the grass skirts sway
Drinking rum from a pineapple
Out on Honolulu Bay
The steel guitars all playing
While she's talking with her hands
Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
Words I understand Hey!

Repeat Chorus

Well, I boughta lota junka with my moolah
And sent it to the folks back home
I never had the chance to dance the hula
Well, I guess I should have known
When you start talking to the sweet wahini
Walking in the pale moonlight
Ohka noka whatta setta knocka-rocka-sis-boom-boccas
Hope I said it right Oh!

Repeat Chorus

Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Say the words I long to hear
spoken: Aloha



on edit: Of course, this is not my original work--it belongs to John Prine
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