I Ola Kahoʻolawe

• COVID-19

  An in-person Song Contest was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This song would have been performed at Song Contest, but was instead pre-recorded and premiered as part of a virtual Song Contest.

  For more information, see the 2020 Song Contest website.

• About the Song
  • Performed at Song Contest 2020
  • Directed by Hannah Asano
  • Arranged by Zachary Alakaʻi Lum
• Lyrics

  E lana mālie ʻoe i ke kai o Kanaloa
  He ʻāina aloha nui ʻia a ka lāhui
  E hui, alu like i ola Kahoʻolawe
  E ō mai e nā hoa aloha ʻāina, e ō mai ē!

  Eō! (Eō e Kahoʻolawe!)
  Eō! (Eō e Kohemālamalama!)
  Eō! (Eō e Kanaloa!)

  Mai ka lā hiki a ka lā kau
  He ʻāina weliweli, a he ʻāina aloha
  Kaumaha ka Uakea, he waimaka
  Pā mai ka makani haowela
  Eia Kahoʻolawe
  Hānau hou ʻo Kanaloa

  Hui:
  I ola Kanaloa
  I ola kākou
  Eō!

  ʻEu mai nā ʻiwa lanalana
  Ma Kuheia i ʻāuna ai
  ʻAu nā hoa koa hao kila e hoʻomalu mai
  ʻAwekuhi lawe i nā pua hinahina
  E alu like ai
  Nā hoa aloha ʻāina

  Puka mai Makaliʻi, he au no Lono
  Hoʻi i ka piko hole pelu o Kanaloa
  He ala i ka hiki, he ala loa
  Ua lawe nō a lilo kuʻu Moku
  Ulu nā pua aloha ʻāina
  Ola mau ʻo Kanaloa

  Eō!
  Eō!

  ʻAne hiki mai, ʻane hiki mai, eō

  Source: Song Contest 2021 program

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