
Nā Pali & Manuakepa
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Nā Pali & Manuakepa
A one-hour special featuring Nā Pali & Manuakepa from 1999.
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Nā Pali & Manuakepa
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A one-hour special featuring Nā Pali & Manuakepa from 1999.
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♪♪ ♪ Limahuli.
♪ Rushing stream.
♪ How many songs can you sing?
♪ ♪ I can sing you songs about the rain and the waterfalls.
♪ ♪ Silent pools, lauhala trees, bamboos standing tall.
♪ ♪ And if you listen carefully, ♪ ♪ I'll fill your ears till they overflow.
♪ ♪ Limahuli.
♪ Limahuli.
♪ Over me.
♪ Mountains standing over me.
♪ ♪ How many stories can you tell?
♪ ♪ I can tell you stories ♪ ♪ about the people from this land.
♪ ♪ They tilled the earth.
♪ ♪ They fished in the seas.
♪ ♪ They played along the sand.
♪ ♪ And if you listen carefully, ♪ ♪ I'll fill your mind ♪ till it overflows.
♪ Till it overflows.
♪♪ ♪ Limahuli.
♪ Limahuli.
♪ White birds flying high and free.
♪ ♪ High and free.
♪ Tell me what can you see.
♪ ♪ I can see the wind ♪ blowing out across the waves.
♪ ♪ Misty flowers, leihua blossoms, ♪ ♪ ancient hidden caves.
♪ And if you watch very carefully, ♪ ♪ I'll fill your eyes till they overflow.
♪ ♪ Till they overflow.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [singing Lokelani Blossoms in Hawaiian] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [singing Hawaiian Love Chant] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ One, two, three four... ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Outbound for Tongatapu ♪ Aotearoa, goodbye.
♪ Leaving on the southwest winds.
♪ ♪ Hokule'a, spread your wings and fly.
♪ ♪ Ancient Polynesian pathways carry us home again.
♪ ♪ Sail on and on and on ♪ ♪ till the journey's end.
♪ ♪ Follow the stars at night ♪ high in the southern sky.
♪ Ke-Ali'i-o-Kona-i-ka-Lewa ♪ Into the night while Orion dies.
♪ ♪ Southern Cross spinning slowly.
♪ ♪ Aroha nui, goodbye.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Auwe, auwe.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Sail at night for Ha'apai, ♪ ♪ Nukualofa goodbye.
♪ Through the reefs, the shoals, the islands, ♪ ♪ Fangatua lead us with your eyes.
♪ ♪ Await the wind, Pangai, Lifuka.
♪ ♪ Into Vava'u at night.
♪ Sail on and on and on ♪ till the morning's light.
♪ Follow the stars at night ♪ high in the southern sky.
♪ Ke-Ali'i-o-Kona-i-ka-Lewa ♪ Into the night while Orion dies.
♪ ♪ Southern Cross spinning slowly.
♪ ♪ Aroha nui, goodbye.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Auwe, auwe.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Matangi, Tonga to Samoa, ♪ Neiafu goodbye.
The wind's blowin', there's no stars showin', ♪ Nainoa's navigating, hold on tight.
♪ ♪ Raise the island Tutuila ♪ Pago Pago's in sight.
♪ Sail on and on and on ♪ like a bird in flight.
♪ Follow the stars at night ♪ high in the southern sky.
♪ Ke-Ali'i-o-Kona-i-ka-Lewa ♪ Into the night while Orion dies.
♪ ♪ Southern Cross spinning slowly.
♪ ♪ Aroha nui, goodbye.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Auwe, auwe.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Ha'ina mai ka puana, ♪ so the story is told.
♪ Hokule'a sails the ocean highways.
♪ ♪ with a family both young and old.
♪ ♪ Aotearoa, Tongatapu.
♪ And now Samoa has passed.
♪ Sail on and on and on ♪ till Hawaii at last.
♪ Follow the stars at night ♪ high in the southern sky.
♪ Ke-Ali'i-o-Kona-i-ka-Lewa ♪ Into the night while Orion dies.
♪ ♪ Southern Cross spinning slowly.
♪ ♪ Aroha nui, goodbye.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Auwe, auwe.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪ Auwe, auwe.
♪ Auwe Hokule'a te vahine o ke kai.
♪ ♪♪ This next song, Moonlight Lady, was composed and inspired in Hanalei Valley by-- Patrick and I composed this song.
And it was inspired by the women that work in the fields, the taro fields there, that work all day, and the go home and take care of their families at night.
♪♪ ♪ Moonlight lady, ♪ eyes dark as the midnight sky.
♪ ♪ Not too many men forget your smile.
♪ ♪ Moonlight lady, ♪ arms strong as the valley walls.
♪ ♪ Not too many men forget your touch.
♪ ♪ You work in the fields by day ♪ ♪ in the sun while your children play.
♪ ♪ Rivers sing your lullaby.
♪ ♪ Rainbows fill your youthful eyes.
♪ ♪ Moonlight lady, ♪ voice like a running stream.
♪ ♪ Not too many men forget your song.
♪ ♪ Moonlight lady, ♪ skin warm as the noon day sun.
♪ ♪ Not too many men escape your spell.
♪ ♪ Moonlight lady, moonlight lady, ♪ ♪ moonlight lady, moonlight lady, ♪ ♪ moonlight lady, moonlight lady, it's you.
♪ ♪ Moonlight lady, moonlight lady, ♪ ♪ moonlight lady, moonlight lady, ♪ ♪ moonlight lady, moonlight lady, it's you.
♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, it's you.
♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [singing Hilo Hanakahi in Hawaiian] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [singing Hanohano Hanalei in Hawaiian] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪
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