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The song was written in the key of B-flat major and is played in 4/4 common time, popularly known at the time as a foxtrot. Ukulele arrangements are in G major. The main body of the song is built upon two common chord progressions (not including fills). The first is 1-2-5-1, which in Bb walks up from Bb to C7 to F7, resolving back to Bb.
Holehole bushi is a type of folk song sung by Japanese immigrants as they worked on Hawaii's sugar plantations during the late 19th and early 20th century.. Hole Hole is the Hawaiian word for sugar cane leaves, while Bushi (節) is a Japanese word for song. [1]
Hawaii (also known as I am Hawaii) [1] [2] was a 1966 theme song composed by Elmer Bernstein for the 1966 film of the same name. After the film's release, Mack David added lyrics to the song in October 1966. [ 3 ]
"Hawaiʻi Aloha," also called "Kuʻu One Hanau," is a revered anthem of the native Hawaiian people and Hawaiʻi residents alike. Written by the Reverend Lorenzo Lyons, (1807-1886), also known as Makua Laiana, a Christian minister who died in 1886, to an old hymn, "I Left It All With Jesus," composed by James McGranahan (1840-1907), "Hawai‘i Aloha" was considered by the Hawaiʻi State ...
By July 1867, the song was printed and was available for purchase in Honolulu, becoming the first of her compositions ever published. This decidedly Christian song served as the national anthem for ten years until her brother, by that time reigning as King Kalākaua , set it aside in favor of his own composition, " Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī ", in 1876.
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Along with another popular song, "Aloha ʻOe", every person from child to senior citizen know is said to the words and music to these songs. [ clarification needed ] [ 2 ] Originally the song was called "Ke Ala Tuberose" and was composed by Joseph Kapeau Aeʻa, who was a member of the Royal Hawaiian Band and also a friend of Princess Liliuokalani .
The song inspired a line in the Sublime song "Freeway Time in LA County Jail" which reads "And I'm back on the reef/where I throw my net out into the sea/all the fine hinas come swimming to me" Alf sang the chorus in the episode “It’s My Party” (Season 4, Episode 14) of ALF (TV series)